Consumerism Quote by Emma Thompson Download Open image “We belabour, I think, under a very heavy crust of consumerism really” — Emma Thompson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Consumerism Heavy Thinking
“And recently, we installed another word in its place which, to their minds, has a wholly positive connotation. We say ‘Gluttony’. They say ‘Consumerism’.” — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“Consumerism is the one thing that gives us our sense of values. Consumerism is honest, and teaches us that everything good has a barcode.” — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“But even in the much-publicized rebellion of the young against the materialism of the affluent society, the consumer mentality is too often still intact:… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need. — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
Consumerism is at once the engine of America and simultaneously one of the most revealing indicators of our collective shallowness. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Consumerism has become a new religion, complete with its high priests at Which? and its fatwas against anyone with the temerity to try to… — Sean O'Grady Copy Share Image
Our own relentless search for novelty and social status locks us into an iron cage of consumerism. Affluence has itself betrayed us. — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
“To join the makers of the world is always to feel at least a little more self reliant, a little more omnicompetent. For everyone… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
In a world of niches, we are enchained by our own consumer preferences. — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
I think there is a big disjuncture between what we are served up as consumers and what we are served up as citizens. — Jennifer Pahlka Copy Share Image
I do think that despite my best efforts to resist it, I am now a grown-up. It's due to lots of very difficult decisions… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Film is so much to do with perfection and how differently you can feel about someone at the beginning of the film and the… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Well, I met Sandy Bullock at an awards thing a couple years ago, and she said to me, “If I were gay, you’d be… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and certainly religious leaders - some of them - up… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
~I'm strict about manners. I think that kids have a horrible time with other people if they have bad manners.... The one thing you've… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
It's such a cold night and it's the only time I've actively been grateful for menopause. I've been entirely comfortable. — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
When you buy Fairtrade products you can guarantee that the farmers who have worked hard to grow them get a minimum price. Fairtrade is… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write. — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
The best way [to survive] the red carpet is by wearing Ugg boots. But unfortunately, I have not yet managed to persuade the people… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals. — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
if we center our lives on BMWs, RVs, VCRs, PCs and the other acronyms of consumerism, we cannot expect our children to do otherwise. — Johnnetta B. Cole Copy Share Image
“Salesmanship is usually the art of making it the prospect’s problem, the salesperson’s need or desire to earn money.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
A lot of times, my work is looked at very much on the surface. It's very easy to just want to put something in… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
I think that consumerism is intrinsically a pretty flawed social system. — John Elkington Copy Share Image
America always put forth this phony melting pot theory, but it's a reality now. They couldn't accomplish the melting pot economically; they couldn't accomplish… — Russell Means Copy Share Image
“Fifty years ago, people went without clothes in order to eat. Today, people gladly go without food in order to buy clothes. And they… — Sinclair Dumontais Copy Share Image
Consumer wants can have bizarre, frivolous, or even immoral origins, and an admirable case can still be made for a society that seeks to… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Just when you thought multi-nationals and crazed consumerism were too big to fight, along comes Naomi Klein with facts, spirit, and news of successful… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Logograms pose a more difficult question. An increasing number of persons and institutions, from archy and mehitabel to PostScript and TrueType, come to the… — Robert Bringhurst Copy Share Image
One of the problems with industrialism is that it's based on the premise of more and more. It has to keep expanding to keep… — Dora Russell Copy Share Image
Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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