Capable Quote by Pope Francis

...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

“Modern consumer life is a form of extreme passive violence against all people.”

— Bryant McGill

We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession.

— Brad Pitt

“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

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

— Jeff Bezos

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

— Tim Jackson

We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need.

— Aloe Blacc

Obsession can be a great thing or it can also destroy lives.

— Joel Schumacher

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

— John Elkington

Consumerism thrives on emotional voids.

— Caroline Knapp

Inordinate desire for material possessions can become an obsession that consumes our thoughts, drains our resources, and leads to unhappiness.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Society at present suffers far more from waste of money than from want of it. There is dignity in every attempt to economise. It…

— Morarji Desai