Believe Quote by Paul Auster

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

— Claudia Jessie

What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don't actually improve their lives.

— Jeff Bezos

Consumerism is so weird. Its a sort of conspiracy we collude in. Youd think shoppers spending their hard-earned cash would be highly critical. You…

— J. G. Ballard

I think that consumerism is intrinsically a pretty flawed social system.

— John Elkington

I think people often underestimate the power of consumers. But I equally say that consumers are like shock troops: You can't keep them agitated…

— John Elkington

I think consumerism breeds dissatisfaction, and I think that the advertisers play to that. So I cannot be comfortable with that. On the other…

— John Elkington

The model of the consumer society is something that will one day end. My personal view is that too much consumption is wrong.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

...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

People don't get a chance to think, "Why am I a consumer?" Because the decisions come at them so fast and furiously, they're not…

— David Bowie

“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

We must be aware of consumerism! That's our tendency. It's the capitalistic curse that we were poisoned with. We should spend only what is…

— Hugo Chavez

It turns out the population issue is an easier thing to deal with than the consumption issue. Some obvious extremes in consumption we can…

— Paul R. Ehrlich