Christian-fiction Quote by Geoffrey Wood

Gluttony might be innocuous were it not for the fact that gluttons tend to disregard whether their self-serving behaviors harm anyone else. We don't…

— Simon Mainwaring

I abhor the word "consumer." Consumers, unlike citizens, have no implicit duties, obligations, or responsibilities to the common good. It's a degrading term. The…

— James Howard Kunstler

We belabour, I think, under a very heavy crust of consumerism really

— Emma Thompson

Gluttony is mankind's exclusive prerogative.

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

“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

“If we rebuild our communities and begin to derive more meaning and a sense of the good life from them, many of us are…

— Naomi Klein

The joy of being a consumer is that it doesnt require thought, responsibility, self-awareness or shame: All you have to do is obey the…

— Matt Taibbi

“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

...the tragedy of consumerism: one acquires more and more things without taking the time to ever see and know them, and thus one never…

— Brian D. McLaren

All of my work is meant to evoke a whole bunch of different layers of discord between the attraction and repulsion that we feel…

— Chris Jordan

I think we're becoming a bit less attached to consumerism.

— Claudia Jessie

“Consumerism has worked very hard, with the help of popular psychology (‘Just do it!’) to convince people that indulgence is good for you, whereas…

— Yuval Noah Harari