Consumption Quotes

375 quotes by 287 authors

We must serve consciously as caring role models, emphasizing the ethic of service, not consumption. — Marian Wright Edelman
Remembrance of our kiss brings not your lips nor mine to mind. The flesh can only envy consumption so divine. — Vanna Bonta
As mass production has to be accompanied by mass consumption, mass consumption, in turn, implies a distribution of wealth ... to provide men with buying… — Unknown Author
There appears to be a deeply embedded uneasiness in our culture about throwing away junk that can be reused. Perhaps, in part, it is guilt… — William Booth
When television producers say it is the parents obligation to keep children away from the tube, they reach the self satire point of warning that… — Gregg Easterbrook
Design has become the cover for unnecessary consumption. — Peter Saville
Recycling is more expensive for communities than it needs to be, partly because traditional recycling tries to force materials into more lifetimes than they are… — William McDonough
We must alert and organise the world's people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root causes of our environmental… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
The current treatment of animals in the livestock trade definitely renders the consumption of meat as halachically unacceptable as the product of illegitimate means. ...… — Unknown Author
James Russell offers a timely and compelling blueprint for a realistic transformation of America's energy consumption by refusing to fall victim to conventional thinking. Accessible?pragmatic… — Unknown Author
Renewable biofuels are meanwhile making inroads in the transportation fuels market and are beginning to have a measurable impact on demand for petroleum fuels, contributing… — Christopher Flavin
If the material consumption of a fraction of humanity is already harming the planet, is there an alternative path that enables all of humanity to… — Duane Elgin
The myth of unending consumption has taken the place of the belief in life everlasting. — Ivan Illich
The luxury of today is the necessity of tomorrow. Every advance first comes into being as the luxury of a few rich people, only to… — Ludwig von Mises
Information, if viewed from the point of view of food, is never a production issue. ... It's a consumption issue, and we have to start… — J.P. Rangaswami
It is not government's job to mandate responsibility on our behalf. We have the intelligence and good sense to make wise consumption choices for ourselves… — Michael Dean Crapo
The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program is a very effective way to raise awareness and consumption of two vital food groups that are sometimes ignored,… — Michael Dean Crapo
The Second Wave Society is industrial and based on mass production, mass distribution, mass consumption, mass education, mass media, mass recreation, mass entertainment, and weapons… — Alvin Toffler
I'm not here to be on display. And my body is not for public consumption. I will not be reduced to an object, or a… — Yasmin Mogahed
The opposite of consumption isn't thrift. It's generosity. — Raj Patel

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