Everyone knows the U.S. economy shouldn't be so reliant on consumption. More investments should be made. — Lou Jiwei Copy Share Image
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
“Eating anything that is not natural is likely going to make you fat!” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption. — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
People are really into on-demand consumption. I watch everything myself on demand. — Jaleel White Copy Share Image
We need to move away from crass, consumption-driven materialism by de-materialising status — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
He that dies before sixty, of a cold or consumption, dies, in reality, by a violent death. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
When the average American consumes 43 times as much as the average African, we've got to think that consumption is an issue.… — Jason W Clay Copy Share Image
When we lessen lectin consumption, the gut wall reseals and the stimulus to store fat is removed. Lectins no longer bind to… — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet. — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
Craft brewers are committed to promoting the safe and moderate consumption of their beverage, and work closely with their communities to prevent… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share Image
A massive campaign must be launched to de-develop the United States… [we] must design a stable, low-consumption economy. — John Holdren Copy Share Image
A Simple lifestyle of reduced consumption allows more time for interaction with living, dynamic beings, more opportunity for meeting the Other more… — Stephanie Kaza Copy Share Image
No matter the candidate, every detail in a campaign is carefully and strategically framed for our consumption. The devil is in them. — Leandra Medine Copy Share Image
When we have peace, then we have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If we continue to think of ourselves mostly as consumers, it's going to be very hard to bring our environmental troubles under… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
We've wanted to produce more in the 19th century and the 20th century in order to give man the possibility for more… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Advertising serves not so much to advertise products as to promote consumption as a way of life. It 'educates' the masses into… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
“Our culture tries to convince us on just about every front that more is better. More is a sign of wealth, luxury,… — Mary DeTurris Poust Copy Share Image
Contemporary curators orbit in the place of distribution and consumption, and less and less in the space of artists. I think it… — Michelle Grabner Copy Share Image
Saudi Arabian oil production is at or very near its peak sustainable volume (if it did not, in fact peak almost 25… — Matthew Simmons Copy Share Image
I'm pretty busy in my life and I'm very aware of what it takes to direct a movie. It takes a lot… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
In China, because China is gaining wealth, rice consumption is way down. Rice is a poor person's food, and they're eating less… — Neal Barnard Copy Share Image
An aggressive building performance standard for all new buildings, and a set of performance requirements to be met by all buildings before… — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
Purchasing power is a license to purchase power. The old proletariat sold its labour power in order to subsist; what little leisure… — Raoul Vaneigem Copy Share Image
The effort to eliminate synthetic pesticides because of unsubstantiated fears about residues in food will make fruits and vegetables more expensive, decrease… — Bruce Ames Copy Share Image
Set realistic goals short and long term. 2. Plan an orderly and thorough routine to train the entire body. 3. Make a… — Dave Draper Copy Share Image
If you give the government the right to determine the consumption of the human body, to determine whether one should smoke or… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“To cook for the pleasure of it, to devote a portion of our leisure to it, is to declare our independence from… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday. In spite of its religious form (giving thanks to God for a good harvest), its essential,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to only… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
I constantly write, record, and play music for public consumption and because it's therapeutic for me. — Bret Michaels Copy Share Image
Status-driven, conspicuous consumption thrives from the language of novelty. — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility. — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
America today has insufficient savings to finance both crucial investment and its consumption of imports. — James Dale Davidson Copy Share Image