Affluent Quotes

68 quotes by 63 authors

One thing lots of Christians do have in common is that they can't help coming across as smug. This winds lots of people up, particularly… — Jo Brand
Anecdote: Greatness Means Leading the Way. No stream is large and copious of itself, but becomes great by receiving and leading on so many tributary… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth. — Al Capone
A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply to close the gap between… — Pope Francis
...no matter how complex or affluent, human societies are nothing but subsystems of the biosphere, the Earth's thin veneer of life, which is ultimately run… — Vaclav Smil
More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More and more Americans are appalled by the ravages of industrial… — John W. Gardner
Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class - involving high meat intake, use of fossil fuels, appliances, air-conditioning, and suburban housing -… — Maurice Strong
It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation… — Cesar Chavez
With breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house of the spirit. The affluent… — Eric Sevareid
I represent an affluent district, but when I worked to form my county's first battered-women's shelter, some nights there were no beds left. Violence against… — Lynn Woolsey
From the clayey soil of northern Wyoming is mined bentonite, which is used as filler in candy, gum, and lipstick. We Americans are great on… — Gretel Ehrlich
In a world where nearly one billion people live near the edge of physical survival the relevance of intentional simplicity by the more affluent people… — Duane Elgin
I think we can end the divisions within the United States. What I think is quite clear is that we can work together in the… — Robert Kennedy
Developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma. It is clear that current lifestyles and consumption… — Maurice Strong
The green revolution has an entirely different meaning to most people in the affluent nations of the privileged world than to those in the developing… — Norman Borlaug
Our society cannot afford a two-tiered system in which the affluent have access to superior education, while everyone else is subjected to a dull and… — E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on… — William Weld
No matter how healthy, intelligent or affluent we may be, if our minds are weak, then our happiness will also be frail and brittle. Our… — Daisaku Ikeda
"...piling up zeros in your bank account, or cars in your driveway, won't in and of itself make you successful. Rather, true success is based… — Russell Simmons
Persevere in the fight, struggle on, do not let go, think magnanimously of man and life, for man is good and life is affluent and… — Luc de Clapiers

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