Consumerism Quotes

212 Consumerism quotes by 162 unique authors

We are a material-mad race of people. Build, increase, expand, pile up, hoard! More and more and more. "If we can just make enough money… — Eugenia Price
We are determined not to take as the aim of our life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure, nor to accumulate wealth while millions are… — Nhat Hanh
We are developing new types of destitutes-the automobileless, the yachtless, the Newportcottageless. The subtlest luxuries of today reaches very high in the social scale... The… — Walter Weyl
We had learned how to invent things, and the question of why we invent things receded in importance. The idea that if something could be… — Neil Postman
We have created new idols. The worship of the ancient golden calf (cf. Ex 32:1-35) has returned in a new and ruthless guise in the… — Pope Francis
We must surely appear to the world as exactly what we are: a nation that organizes its economy around consuming twice as much oil as… — Barbara Kingsolver
We, all of us in the First World, have participated in something of a binge, a half century of unbelievable prosperity and ease. We may… — Bill McKibben
These are the true and only God, mighty and supreme. — Mark Twain
What we're talking about is the endless, gullible elevation of necessary levels of comfort and status and everything else at the complete expense of all… — Bill McKibben
What will you do if your product still further increases next year? You should then destroy again the warehouses which you are now preparing to… — Ambrose
When I walk into a grocery store and look at all the products you can choose, I say, "My God!" No king ever had anything… — Bill Gates
When humans act like animals, they become the most dangerous of animals to themselves and other humans, and this is because of another critical difference… — Wendell Berry
Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough. — Saint Basil
You have found that you were more secure before you accumulated so much. See what greed has imposed on you: You have filled your house… — Saint Augustine
He has much who needs least. Do not create necessities for yourself. — Josemaria Escriva
How far, O rich, do you extend your senseless avarice? Do you intend to be the sole inhabitants of the earth? Why do you drive… — Ambrose
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is… — Paul the Apostle
I believe that a desirable future depends on our deliberately choosing a life of action over a life of consumption, on our engendering a lifestyle… — Ivan Illich
I saw that a humble man, with the blessing of the Lord, might live on a little; and that where the heart is set on… — John Woolman
I think of the old slavery, and of the way The Economy has now improved upon it. The new slavery has improved upon the old… — Wendell Berry
If the Christ we follow sent out his disciples with no extra possessions (Luke 9:1-6 and 10:1-12) and warned would-be devotees that he had nowhere… — Marva Dawn
It is important to recognize that behind the razzmatazz of consumerism, we all remain dependent on basic natural resources - land, air, water and biodiversity… — Klaus Topfer
It is more blessed to give than to receive, but then it is also more blessed to be able to do without than to have… — Soren Kierkegaard
It is not because food, clothes and property are inherently evil that Christians today must lower their standard of living. It is because others are… — Ronald J. Sider
It is not earthly riches which make us or our sons happy; for they must either be lost by us in our lifetime, or be… — Saint Augustine

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