Pecking order Quote by Dan Fagin

“waste is the highest virtue one can achieve in an advanced capitalist society”

— Haruki Murakami

“In today’s world, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of that disparity.”

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“When we over consume the Earth's resources, we create an economic imbalance in societies and in the world. Affluent people and affluent societies can…

— Arun Gandhi

“When nothing is valued for what it is, everything is destined to be wasted. Once the values of things refer only to their future…

— Wendell Berry

“Waste lies not in the number of possessions but in the failure to enjoy them.”

— Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin

“In a world of limited resources, our wealth is at the expense of the poor. To put it simply, if we have it, others…

— Richard J. Foster

“In the world of today, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of all of those contradictions.…

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

The ever-mounting glut of waste materials is characteristic by-product of modern consumer society. It might even be argued that capitalism's continual need to find…

— Stuart Ewen

Wealth comes from industry and from the hard experience of human toil. To dissipate it in waste and extravagance is disloyalty to humanity.

— Calvin Coolidge

“If we cannot be contented with our current lives and possessions, then we are feeding an appetite that no amount of money will ever…

— Breanna Sampson

“We live in an advanced capitalist society, after all. Waste is the name of the game, its greatest virtue.”

— Haruki Murakami

People who are greedy have extraordinary capacities for waste-they must, they take in too much.

— Norman Mailer