Consumerism Quotes

212 Consumerism quotes by 162 unique authors

Language is wild - you can't fence it or tell it what to do - and it's the same with people. Even under the worst… — Jay Griffiths
Green consumerism generally, and 'healthy' products and lifestyles in particular, contain quite precise notions about how an individual should consider his or her well-being. Not… — Peter Dickens
I think America and Britain have a different culture from France. They discovered marketing and consumerism before France. — Pierre Dukan
I've long been interested in looking at the culture of consumerism and also was interested in this connection between the American dream and the house,… — Lauren Greenfield
Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life by the things consumed. It is living in a manner that is measured by having rather than… — Richard John Neuhaus
Liberating oneself from the addiction of consumerism and careerism promotes inner peace. — David Shi
Do not let your "eye" be drawn by the false "beacon lamps" -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant over your will… — John of the Cross
...the tragedy of consumerism: one acquires more and more things without taking the time to ever see and know them, and thus one never truly… — Brian D. McLaren
American culture is no longer created by the people... A free, authentic life is no longer possible in AmericaTM today. We are being manipulated in… — Kalle Lasn
With respect to physical existence, one needs little, and to the degree that one needs less, the more perfect one is. — Soren Kierkegaard
A vital difference between the professional man and a man of business is that money making to the professional man should, by virtue of his… — Frank Lloyd Wright
Advertisers regularly con us into believing that we genuinely need one luxury after another. We are convinced that we must keep up with or even… — Ronald J. Sider
Advertising signs: they con you into thinking you're the one That can do what's never been done That can win what's never been won Meantime… — Bob Dylan
Advertising tries to stimulate our sensuous desires, converting luxuries into necessities, but it only intensifies man's inner misery. The business world is bent on creating… — Fulton J. Sheen
All of us experience the sad effects of blind submission to consumerism. In the first place it represents crass materialism. At the same time it… — Pope John Paul II
All plenty which is not my God is poverty to me. — Saint Augustine
And I encourage you all to go shopping more — George W. Bush
As businessmen caught a glimpse of the potentialities inherent in endlessly expanding the wants of people under consumerism, forced draft or otherwise, many began to… — Vance Packard
As riches grow, care follows, and a thirst For more and more. — Horace
At a certain fork in the road of automatization, Europeans chose to have more time, and they work far less than we do and get… — Rebecca Solnit
But prosperity without a soul is like a corpse whose heart has stopped beating. There is no life, only consumption. — Cal Thomas
But the instinct of hoarding, like all other instincts, tends to become hypertrophied and perverted; and with the institution of private property comes another institution-that… — William Ralph Inge
But the meaning of life is not . . . explained by one's business life, nor is the deep desire of the human heart answered… — Carl Jung
Consume more than you need This is the dream Make you pauper Or make you queen I won't die lonely I'll have it all prearranged… — Tracy Chapman
Consumer wants can have bizarre, frivolous, or even immoral origins, and an admirable case can still be made for a society that seeks to satisfy… — John Kenneth Galbraith

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