Consumers Quote by Kathleen Norris

Consumer culture is contradiction in terms

— Tibor Kalman

“It is only through difference that progress can be made. What threatens us right now is probably what we may call over-communication--that is, the…

— Claude Levi-Strauss

“Simply put, relating to the world by following the world can be a recipe for disappointment and disillusionment. Countercultures that point out the problem…

— Gabe Lyons

I'm part of the consumer culture... I'm just using the space I am given to express something that is out of the space so…

— Michel Gondry

“if we are not deliberately thinking about our culture, we will simply be conformed to it without ever knowing it is happening. An interesting…

— Timothy Keller

We don't do things the same way everyone else does. We relish being different. We see that difference as an element that makes us…

— Reggie Fils-Aime

Our own relentless search for novelty and social status locks us into an iron cage of consumerism. Affluence has itself betrayed us.

— Tim Jackson

“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 purer our message, the more compelling it is to consumers.

— Angela Ahrendts

Take an expansive view of the consumers needs and expand beyond your current boundaries.

— Michael J. Silverstein

“To escape consumerism and conformity, you must turn your back and ignore the mainstream culture. The shackles when then fall away, the machines will…

— David McRaney

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