People willy-nilly borrow for consumption. Civil servants willy-nilly borrow for consumption and then wonder why they don't have enough money at the… — Najib Razak Copy Share Image
We need to move away from crass, consumption-driven materialism by de-materialising status — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
We must surely appear to the world as exactly what we are: a nation that organizes its economy around consuming twice as… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The individual produces an object and, by consuming it, returns to himself, but returns as a productive and self reproducing individual. Consumption… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
What is so incredible and essential about an authentic cultural scene is it rejects a value system based on consumption and productivity… — Claire Vaye Watkins Copy Share Image
As a horror movie fan, I was very obsessed with horror films. Still am. I love the genre. For me, horror films… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
Here's how I see obesity: as a symptom. The larger problem is over-consumption. In a society that identifies consumption with patriotism, valorizes… — Emily Levine Copy Share Image
“We are the witnesses of a barely perceptible transformation in ordinary language: verbs which formerly expressed satisfying actions have been replaced by… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
“Sweezy argued on the basis of Marx and Keynes that “accumulation is the primary factor” in capitalist development, yet noted that its… — John Bellamy Foster Copy Share Image
There is something embarrassing in... the way in which, ... turning suffering into images, harsh and uncompromising though they are, ... wounds… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
The combination of population growth and the growth in consumption is a danger that we are not prepared for and something we… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
With a population of more than 600 million people, an emerging middle class that is driving strong consumption, and a robust and… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
Medicines are unusual commodities. Important drugs can save the lives and protect the health of millions. Their consumption can bring huge benefits,… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
The money paid at consumption is paid by everybody, including illegals, prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers. — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
Hollywood has gone from the capital of conspicuous consumption to the cutting edge of conspicuous conservation. — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
“A thirty-two-ounce soda and a tank of gas is America distilled to its seminal fluids.” — Richard Manning Copy Share Image
Energy is significantly underpriced in many parts of the world, leading to wasteful consumption, price volatility and fuel smuggling. It's also undermining… — Fatih Birol Copy Share Image
I should come with a consumer warning, like the labels that say "Handle with care" or "May be hazardous to your health."… — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
Arguably, it might prompt consumers to think about their consumption, with paper straws and reusable grocery bags and shared urban bicycles acting… — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
You can't care what anybody else thinks - even though your life is out there maybe for a bit of public consumption. — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
Santa Claus is a god. He's no less a god than Ahura Mazda, or Odin, or Zeus. Think of the white beard,… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
There are three main pillars of China's economy. One is export, which is limited by sluggish global demand. The second is investment.… — Lou Jiwei Copy Share Image
The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
I am now being criticized (by the opposition) for being irresponsible for saying `I will not raise the consumption tax rate while… — Junichiro Koizumi Copy Share Image
Man has too long forgotten that the earth was given to him for usufruct alone, not for consumption, still less for profligate… — George Perkins Marsh Copy Share Image
