Ability Quote by Jane Velez-Mitchell

One set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse yourselves. The very working of this…

— Susan Sontag

Our personal consumer choices have ecological, social, and spiritual consequences. It is time to re-examine some of our deeply held notions that underlie our…

— David Suzuki

We are sacrificing ourselves for our ready-made goods; we are consumers and live in such a way that the means may consume the end.

— Karl Kraus

In twenty-first-century America, our stories have become one and the same: we work to consume, we live to consume, we are what we consume.

— Sandra Tsing Loh

“Consumption isn’t just about taking—it’s also about sharing, repurposing, and honoring the life cycle of the things we use.”

— Ken Breniman

We have to stop being defined by what we own, and start being defined by what we create.

— Mark Stevenson

“The limits of production, consumption, and reproduction are fixed only by the system in which we find ourselves. Such limits are neither outside nor…

— Raj Patel

Over-consumption is a cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals. It distances us from the great masses of broken bleeding humanity. It converts us…

— Richard J. Foster

One set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse yourselves.

— Susan Sontag

“By the time we came to understand the consequences of our revised patterns of consumption, the damage had been done to our waistline, longevity,…

— Franklin Foer

In ancient times, we were users; we used the commodities in accordance to our needs. Using is not sufficient for the modern market; it…

— Lobsang Tenzin

“The western world now obeys the percepts of commerce.A bloody demanding religion,if you ask me.The do's and don'ts change every season and your "everyone"…

— Esther Verhoef