Materialism Quotes

261 quotes by 197 authors

Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness. — Bill Gates
It's no secret that in New York during the last 30 years there has been a tragic exodus from the churches into materialism, secularism and… — Billy Graham
Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence. — Mason Cooley
That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing. — Sheryl Crow
All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for… — Arthur Erickson
Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over. — Arthur Erickson
After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space… — Arthur Erickson
It's so easy today to get swept up in celebrity fixation and materialism and searching for some validation outside of yourself when we know it's… — Geoffrey S. Fletcher
But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist, because material… — Tom Ford
I noted that people are happy here in India. When I went back home, people had everything in the materialistic sense and were surrounded with… — Goldie Hawn
Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss. — Douglas Horton
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz. — Janis Joplin
The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening… — Wassily Kandinsky
Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed. — Mwai Kibaki
There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of… — Charles Kuralt
The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop.… — Talib Kweli
The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. — Marya Mannes
The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism. — Bryant H. McGill
Materialism is an identity crisis. — Bryant H. McGill

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