Consumer Quotes

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The passive American consumer, sitting down to a meal of pre-prepared food, confronts inert, anonymous substances that have been processed, dyed, breaded, sauced, gravied, ground,… — Wendell Berry
The junk merchant doesn't sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to his product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise.… — William S. Burroughs
I entered the classroom with the conviction that it was crucial for me and every other student to be an active participant, not a passive… — Bell Hooks
Sadness is the matrix from which wit and irony spring; sadness is uncomfortable and creative, which is why consumer society cannot tolerate it. — Germaine Greer
However, displayed right alongside all the Confederate flag paraphernalia is a bunch of American flag merch â€“ American flag place mats, patriotic â€œbody crystals,â€ flag… — Sarah Vowell
Regardless of the overall state of the economy, there is now a large enough elite made up of new multi-millionaires and billionaires for Wall Street… — Naomi Klein
The ninety-nine cent price of a fast-food hamburger simply doesn't take account of that meal's true cost--to soil, oil, public health, the public purse, etc.,… — Michael Pollan
We still (sometimes) remember that we cannot be free if our minds and voices are controlled by someone else. But we have neglected to understand… — Wendell Berry
Escape is a consumer goods like another — Iain Banks
Much of what is today called "social criticism" consists of members of the upper classes denouncing the tastes of the lower classes (bawdy entertainment, fast… — Steven Pinker
Of all the consumer products, chewing gum is perhaps the most ridiculous: it literally has no nourishment â€“ you just chew it to give yourself… — Russell Brand
Make ethical choices in what we buy, do, and watch. In a consumer-driven society our individual choices, used collectively for the good of animals and… — Marc Bekoff
The assumption that you everyone else is like you. That you are the world. The disease of consumer capitalism. The complacent solipsism. — David Foster Wallace
A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life-raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the… — Caitlin Moran
Christians are usually sincere and well-intentioned people until you get to any real issues of ego, control power, money, pleasure, and security. Then they tend… — Richard Rohr
Modern mass culture, aimed at the 'consumer', the civilisation of prosthetics, is crippling people's souls, setting up barriers between man and the crucial questions of… — Andrei Tarkovsky
Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you're an owner. Faith is at its best when… — Bob Goff
Instead of engaging in cutthroat competition, we should strive to create value. In economic terms, this means a transition from a consumer economy - the… — Daisaku Ikeda
They Want You To Be A Docile Apathetic Consumer — Bill Hicks
I have read a great deal of economic theory for over 50 years now, but have found only one economic "law" to which I can… — Robert Anton Wilson

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