Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
[A] private property regime makes people responsible for their own actions in the realm of material goods. Such a system therefore ensures… — Tom Bethell Copy Share Image
Then came the gadgeteer, otherwise known as the sporting-goods dealer. He has draped the American outdoorsman with an infinity of contraptions, all… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
The problem isn't who is in charge. It's what is in charge. The problem is that people are encouraged to function as… — Nick Harkaway Copy Share Image
If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and to be… — Saint Ignatius Copy Share Image
For pride, which is the inordinate attribution of goods and values and glories to one's own contingent self, cannot exist where there… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
From a Buddhist point of view, this is standing the truth on its head by considering goods as more important than people… — E. F. Schumacher 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
It is manifestly unjust that a privileged few should continue to accumulate excess goods, squandering available resources, while masses of people are… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
People who lack material wealth, who are poor, won't be very happy. They will be obsessed with meeting their bills at pay… — Philip Kotler Copy Share Image
Development does not start with goods; it starts with people and their education, organization, and discipline. Without these three, all resources remain… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers. — Charles W. Pickering Copy Share Image
Now the myths represent the Gods themselves and the goodness of the Gods subject always to the distinction of the speakable and… — Sallust Copy Share Image
To a greater or lesser degree, the project of the self becomes translated into one of the possession of desired goods and… — Anthony Giddens Copy Share Image
In a community where public services have failed to keep abreast of private consumption things are very different. Here, in an atmosphere… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
In most of our lives, we are accustomed to aiming at mastery and control and dominion- - over nature, over our lives,… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
How are we going to make our livings in a society becoming increasingly jobless because of hi-tech and outsourcing? Where will we… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods. — Saint Patrick Copy Share Image
Somebody's buying these treasury bills at 1/20th of one percent. Consuming about $2 billion a day of goods and services beyond what… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I have noticed that the Universe loves gratitude. The more grateful you are, the more goodies you get. When I say 'goodies',… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
Globalization and free trade do spur economic growth, and they lead to lower prices on many goods. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
It is unfair to ask Turkey to make a unilateral concession to take goods from Cyprus within the customs union when the… — Ali Babacan Copy Share Image
Jesus, it is true, shows no personal interest in gain, but he does speak of treasure in heaven and even of mansions… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It is the potential for economic growth that provides the basis for the development of countries, for bringing to people essential goods… — Lee R. Raymond Copy Share Image
The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image