Consumption Quote by John Robbins

Economics and a reliance on science and technology to solve our problems has led to an unsustainable situation where continued growth in consumption is…

— David Suzuki

The conversation of most middle-class Americans, we are told, revolves around consumption: what to buy, what was just bought, where to eat, the price…

— Brennan Manning

“Our entire system, in an economic sense, is based on restriction. Scarcity and inefficiency are the movers of money; the more there is of…

— Peter Joseph

Excess consumption doesn't make people happy. We can continue to provide for our needs, but we can't continue the endless pursuit of ever more…

— Tim DeChristopher

I feel humiliated that I live in a country that demands more already. Why do we cling to the notion that not only must…

— David Suzuki

Out of necessity, one needs to occasionally consume, but I'm a little concerned that there's a little bit of a myth arising that we…

— Chip Giller

Regardless of what we consume, the sheer volume of consumption is overwhelming the Earth's living systems.

— George Monbiot

What worries some people about consumption (and I confess at the outset to be one of these ambivalent creatures, fat but troubled in paradise)…

— Rodney Clapp

A healthy economy is largely a result of a reasonable balance between consumption today and consumption deferred, and it's pretty clear that balance has…

— Adam Davidson

The wellbeing we all crave goes hand in hand with economic success.

— Andrea Leadsom

“We need to consume less. A lot less. Less food, less energy, less stuff. Fewer cars, electric cars, cotton T-shirts, laptops, mobile phone upgrades.…

— Stephen Emmott

The worldwide financial and economic crisis seems to highlight their distortions and above all the gravely deficient human perspective, which reduces man to one…

— Pope Francis