Quote by David Foster Wallace

“Isn’t materialism the cause of much that is evil in the land of mortal souls?”

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“When people are treated like a product, they become obsessed with materialism.”

— Bryant McGill

“There is no more destructive force in human affairs -- not greed, not hatred -- than the desire to have been right. Non-attachment to…

— Mark A.R. Kleiman

“Society is more concerned with material possessions than it is with the true love and compassion of another human being.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“It is foolish to hold tightly to material possessions. We do not own them, but they can own us.”

— Dillon Burroughs

“Something is profoundly wrong with the way we live today. For thirty years we have made a virtue out of the pursuit of material…

— Tony Judt

“Society remains unflagging in its almost pathological pursuit of material self-interest.”

— William Marsden

“Material means that hide man's meanness fail to reflect his moral richness.”

— B.S. Murthy

“The terrible thing that the Party had done was to persuade you that mere impulses, mere feelings, were of no account, while at the…

— George Orwell

“In the grip of madness, materialism begins to look like an admirable belief system.”

— Emma Forrest

“Wealth makes materialism easier to bear.”

— P. J. O'Rourke

“Certain material possessions make my life more enjoyable, many others do not…. All too often, a vast collection of possessions end up possessing their…

— Bernardo Kliksberg