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Overconsumption Quotes by Stuart L. Hart
- Roughly two billion people participate in the money economy, with less than half of those living in the wealthy countries of the developed world. These…
- The money economy thus leaves a large ecological footprint, defined as the amount of land and resources required to meet a typical consumer's needs. For…
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- Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. — Teresa of Avila
- We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. — Winston Churchill
- Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today — Jacques Yves Cousteau
- We must alert and organise the world's people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root causes… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
- Do not let your "eye" be drawn by the false "beacon lamps" -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant… — John of the Cross
- ...the tragedy of consumerism: one acquires more and more things without taking the time to ever see and know them, and thus… — Brian D. McLaren
- American culture is no longer created by the people... A free, authentic life is no longer possible in AmericaTM today. We are… — Kalle Lasn
- With respect to physical existence, one needs little, and to the degree that one needs less, the more perfect one is. — Soren Kierkegaard
- A vital difference between the professional man and a man of business is that money making to the professional man should, by… — Frank Lloyd Wright
- Advertisers regularly con us into believing that we genuinely need one luxury after another. We are convinced that we must keep up… — Ronald J. Sider
- Advertising signs: they con you into thinking you're the one That can do what's never been done That can win what's never… — Bob Dylan
- Advertising tries to stimulate our sensuous desires, converting luxuries into necessities, but it only intensifies man's inner misery. The business world is… — Fulton J. Sheen