Consumption Quotes

375 Consumption quotes by 287 unique authors

With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption. — Arthur Erickson
The situation the Earth is in today has been created by unmindful production and unmindful consumption. We consume to forget our worries and our anxieties.… — Nhat Hanh
When we have peace, then we have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if we do not… — Nhat Hanh
I became a vegetarian out of compassion for animals and to live as healthy as possible. I realized soon after that I was truly concerned… — Davey Havok
Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption… — Thomas Jefferson
Balance the federal budget now, not 15 years from now, not 20 years from now, but now. And throw out the entire federal tax system,… — Gary Johnson
The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction. — Christopher Lasch
If a power station were to be built down the road, I'd prefer a nuclear plant over an oil burner, and definitely over a coal… — James Lovelock
If you and I become vegans, the global consequences aren't going to be that much. But if we can get a few hundred million people… — Unknown Author
We can pay the ecological debt by changing economic models, and by giving up luxury consumption, setting aside selfishness and individualism, and thinking about the… — Evo Morales
Obviously Tesla is about helping solve the consumption of energy in a sustainable manner, but you need the production of energy in a sustainable manner. — Elon Musk
Americans are making coffee a bigger part of their lives, expanding attitudes and behaviors that are driving new levels of consumption. — Robert Nelson
Lets talk about the holidays, more specifically, consumption during the holidays. If it's true that 'We are what we eat,' most of us would be… — Rachel Nichols
A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a… — George Santayana
A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption. — John Ralston Saul
With a population of more than 600 million people, an emerging middle class that is driving strong consumption, and a robust and resilient economy, Southeast… — Howard Schultz
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as… — Adam Smith
Acting is such a personal thing, which is weird because at the same time it's not. It's for the consumption of other people. But in… — Kristen Stewart
A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns. — Maurice Strong
You might think of consumption as a fairly passive activity, but buying new products and services is actually pretty risky, at least if you value… — James Surowiecki
Conserving energy and thus saving money, reducing consumption of unnecessary products and packaging and shifting to a clean-energy economy would likely hurt the bottom line… — David Suzuki
When liberals advocate a value-added tax, conservatives should respond: Taxing consumption has merits, so we will consider it - after the 16th Amendment is repealed. — George Will
They sat on a bench and Sproule held his wounded arm to his chest and rocked back and forth and blinked in the sun. What… — Cormac McCarthy
There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to do so by the presence of a… — Flannery O'Connor
We Americans are interested only in the consumption of our products. We have no interest in how they are produced, or what happens to them… — Matthew Tobin Anderson

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