Consumption Quotes

375 Consumption quotes by 287 unique authors

When I was a younger man, art was a lonely thing. No galleries, no collectors, no critics, no money. Yet, it was a golden age,… — Mark Rothko
Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world… — Mark Twain
A miracle. Here's our own hands against our hearts. Come, I will have thee, but by this light I take thee for pity. Beatrice: I… — William Shakespeare
the conspicuous consumption of limited resources has yet to be accepted widely as a spiritual error, or even bad manners — Barbara Kingsolver
The promoters of the global economy...see nothing odd or difficult about unlimited economic growth or unlimited consumption in a limited world. — Wendell Berry
However contradictory the coroner's report — whether he pronounces Consumption or Loneliness or Suicide to be the cause of death — isn't it plain how… — J D Salinger
I write for one and only one purpose, to overcome the invincible ignorance of the traduced heart. […] I wish to speak to and for… — Kenneth Rexroth
Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer.... Who'd… — Bill Watterson
Places matter. Their rules, their scale, their design include or exclude civil society, pedestrianism, equality, diversity (economic and otherwise), understanding of where water comes from… — Rebecca Solnit
The power of death signifies that this real world can only have a neutral image of life, that life's intimacy does not reveal it's dazzling… — Georges Bataille
A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption. — Guy de Maupassant
Elsewhere the paper notes that vegetarians and vegans (including athletes) 'meet and exceed requirements' for protein. And, to render the whole we-should-worry-about-getting-enough-protein-and-therefore-eat-meat idea even more… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Even if we could grow our way out of the crisis and delay the inevitable and painful reconciliation of virtual and real wealth, there is… — Herman E. Daly
And if our book consumption remains as low as it has been, at least let us admit that it is because reading is a less… — George Orwell
Human manners are wildly inconsistent; plenty of people have said so. But this one takes the cake: the manner in which we're allowed to steal… — Barbara Kingsolver
Whenever we engage in consumption or production patterns which take more than we need, we are engaging in violence. — Vandana Shiva
Let us remember that animals are not mere resources for human consumption. They are splendid beings in their own right, who have evolved alongside us… — Marc Bekoff
A reduction of meat consumption by only 10% would result in about 12 million more tons of grain for human consumption. This additional grain could… — Marc Bekoff
The god entered some women so completely that they became immortal, or very close to it. Bacchus was the god of the grape, of course,… — Charlaine Harris
Why are we worn out? Why do we, who start out so passionate, brave, noble, believing, become totally bankrupt by the age of thirty or… — Anton Chekhov
Above a certain level of income, the relative value of material consumption vis-a-vis leisure time is diminished, so earning a higher income at the cost… — Ha-Joon Chang
The problem is this: in order to make money- lots of money- we don't need flawless literary masterpieces. What we need is mediocre rubbish, trash… — Walter Moers
Happiness does not come from consumption of things. — Nhat Hanh
Instead of engaging in cutthroat competition, we should strive to create value. In economic terms, this means a transition from a consumer economy - the… — Daisaku Ikeda
What kind of world would we create if three times a day we activated our compassion and reason as we sat down to eat, if… — Jonathan Safran Foer

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