Consumptive Quotes

8 quotes by 7 authors

• A change of heart or of values without a practice is only another pointless luxury of a passively consumptive way of life. — Wendell Berry
• When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a… — George Etherege
• I try to leave a light footprint. I'm involved with Global Green, which aims to educate people about sustainable building and the greening of schools.… — Walton Goggins
• Atten. Pray of what disease did Mr. Badman die, for now I perceive we are come up to his death? Wise. I cannot so properly… — John Bunyan
• New pressures are causing ever more people to find their main satisfaction in their consumptive role rather than in their productive role. And these pressures… — Vance Packard
• Reading, for me, is like this: consumptive, pleasing, calming, as much as edifying. It's how I feel after a good dinner. That's why I do… — Tara Bray Smith
• She rises up out of a sea of faces and embraces me, embraces me passionately--- a thousand eyes, noses, fingers, legs, bottles, windows, purses, saucers… — Henry Miller

Who Wrote These Consumptive Quotes

7 authors contributed a total of 8 Consumptive Quotes as follows:

• 1 Consumptive Quote by Wendell Berry
• 1 Consumptive Quote by George Etherege
• 1 Consumptive Quote by Walton Goggins
• 1 Consumptive Quote by John Bunyan
• 1 Consumptive Quote by Vance Packard
• 1 Consumptive Quote by Tara Bray Smith
• 1 Consumptive Quote by Henry Miller