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Overconsumption Quotes by Wendell Berry
- However destructive may be the policies of the government and the methods and products of the corporations, the root of the problem is always found…
- To me, an economy that sees the life of a community or a place as expendable, and reckons its value only in terms of money,…
- When humans act like animals, they become the most dangerous of animals to themselves and other humans, and this is because of another critical difference…
- I think of the old slavery, and of the way The Economy has now improved upon it. The new slavery has improved upon the old…
- The answers to the human problems of ecology are to be found in economy. And the answers to the problems of economy are to be…
- The economy is still substantially that of the fur trade, still based on the same general kinds of commercial items: technology, weapons, ornaments, novelties, and…
- There are not enough rich and powerful people to consume the whole world; for that, the rich and powerful need the help of countless ordinary…
More Overconsumption Quotes
- 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