Consumerism Quote by Sean O'Grady

Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life by the things consumed. It is living in a manner that is measured by having rather…

— Richard John Neuhaus

“Late modern society is principally concerned with purchasing things, in ever greater abundance and variety, and so has to strive to fabricate an ever…

— David Bentley Hart

“As I walk through, a kind of amazed mantra starts running through my head: There is no end to the making and selling of…

— George Saunders

...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

“Hundreds of biblical texts tell us that God still measures our societies by what we do to the poorest. Jesus’ words still remind those…

— Al Kresta

...There is no end to the making and selling of things there is no end to the making and selling of things there is…

— George Saunders

“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

The decay of old aristocratic prejudices against greedy speculation, the undermining of orthodox Christian faith (which forbids avarice)... the debauching of agriculture to a…

— Russell Kirk

Reader, you forget that economics precedes religion; worship grew out of eating, not the other way around.

— Anne Roiphe

Let us be bold enough to ask ourselves as Christians whether the Church of the Lord Jesus in the United States has anything to…

— Brennan Manning

Whole ideology of consumption almost to the point of religion. Whether it's the consumption of entertainment or the consumption around buying things, we're so…

— Danny Glover

We have created new idols. The worship of the ancient golden calf (cf. Ex 32:1-35) has returned in a new and ruthless guise in…

— Pope Francis