Consumerism Quotes

"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me." "Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won’t make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa – and it’s about getting a balance." "Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like." "In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering audiences to advertisers. People are the merchandise, not the shows. The shows are merely the bait." "Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing." "I wish I was that girl from the Gucci store" "I want to make as much money as I can and then spend it. So I just buy whatever I want and I enjoy life." "The more we value things, the less we value ourselves." "Too much money ain't enough money " "One of history’s few iron laws is that luxuries tend to become necessities and to spawn new obligations." "We are everlastingly in the world of objects; worse than that, we are objectified in objects. Humanity has become a production of artificial experiences and sensations." "Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like." "It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly." "We have multiplied our possessions but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often." "A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff." "Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body" "When fascism comes to America, it will not be in brown and black shirts. It will not be with jackboots. It will be Nike sneakers and Smiley shirts" "Another world lies beyond the world of money and power. It's on the other side of that thin membrane, and it's more real than all the stuff we see on the news." "We consume, but we are not satisfied" "It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly"