Consumerism Quotes

212 Consumerism quotes by 162 unique authors

The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism. — Bryant H. McGill
The corruption of the American soul is consumerism. — Ben Nicholson
Marketing has supplanted story as the primary force behind the worthiness of making a film, and that's a very sad thing. It's film only as… — Alexander Payne
Consumerism diverts us from thinking about women's rights, it stops us from thinking about Iraq, it stops us from thinking about what's going on in… — Unknown Author
Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing and shopping involve a moral choice. — Anita Roddick
Most Christian 'believers' tend to echo the cultural prejudices and worldviews of the dominant group in their country, with only a minority revealing any real… — Richard Rohr
Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. — John Ruskin
We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty, these things don't concern me. What concerns me are celebrity magazines, television with… — Chuck Palahniuk
The man who dies rich, dies disgraced. — Andrew Carnegie
Just the other day, I was in my neighborhood Starbucks, waiting for the post office to open. I was enjoying a chocolatey cafe mocha when… — Sarah Vowell
An extraterrestrial being, newly arrived on Earth - scrutinizing what we mainly present to our children in television, radio, movies, newspapers, magazines, the comics, and… — Carl Sagan
...There is no end to the making and selling of things there is no end to the making and selling of things there is no… — George Saunders
Thereâ€™s Socialism and Communism and Capitalism and thereâ€™s Feminism and Hedonism, and thereâ€™s Catholicism and Bipedalism and Consumerism, but I think Narcissism is the system… — Tony Hoagland
We no longer live life. We consume it. — Vicki Robin
If you live for having it all, what you have is never enough. — Vicki Robin
Consumerism is the worship of the god of quantity; advertising is its liturgy. Advertising is schooling in false longing. — John O'Donohue
We are being made aware that the organization of society on the principle of private profit, as well as public destruction, is leading both to… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top — Sarah Vowell
You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven consumerism, don't you? — Terry Pratchett
Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied with what I have now? — Chuck Palahniuk
The Master said, â€œA true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing… — Confucius
Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old; return… — Henry David Thoreau
Instead of asking what's wrong with rampant consumerism, we ought to be asking, 'What justifies it?' Popular art does not have to pander to the… — Bill Watterson
Perhaps if we could popularise through the techniques of branding and consumerism, a different idea, a different narrative, perhaps the world can change. After all… — Russell Brand
Needing to have reality confirmed and experience enhanced by photographs is an aesthetic consumerism to which everyone is now addicted. Industrial societies turn their citizens… — Susan Sontag

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