Affluence Quote by Tim Jackson

“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 folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism.

— Bryant H. McGill

We continue to be spilled on by consumerism even though we know it doesn't make us happy.

— Russell Brand

...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

“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

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

All of my work is meant to evoke a whole bunch of different layers of discord between the attraction and repulsion that we feel…

— Chris Jordan

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

— Claudia Jessie

Before our eyes we have the results of ideologies such as Marxism, Nazism and fascism, and also of myths like racial superiority, nationalism and…

— Pope John Paul II

Consumer society tantalises us. We then try within ourselves to control the needs that are being constantly stimulated.

— Susie Orbach

Consumerism thrives on emotional voids.

— Caroline Knapp

Our personal consumer choices have ecological, social, and spiritual consequences. It is time to re-examine some of our deeply held notions that underlie our…

— David Suzuki