Affluent Quote by Maurice Strong

Developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma. It is clear that current lifestyles and…

— Maurice Strong

Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class…involving high meat intake, consumption of large amounts of frozen and convenience foods, ownership of…

— Maurice Strong

We have broken the shackles of conservative socialism. The growing middle classes want the kind of standard of living you enjoy in the West.…

— Vijay Mallya

Many social critics wag their fingers at what they perceive to be frivolous luxury spending. But that misses the point that consumption norms are…

— Robert H. Frank

There's no such thing as the middle class. It's absolutely vanishing.

— Marc Andreessen

The middle class is both real and aspirational. And I want to make sure that it remains strong and it gives people a sense…

— Hillary Clinton

Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

A high proportion of the population enjoys many of the 'luxuries' which until recently were considered the prerogative of the rich; and the ordinary…

— Anthony Crosland

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

The middle class is growing that's the reality that nobody can stop.

— Li Fan

The greatest advancements in living standards over the past century have been coincident with affordable energy.

— John S. Watson

If you want to do something to destroy consumer spending, just eat away at the middle class because the other problem we have is…

— Wilbur Ross