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The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing. W. R. [William Ralph] Inge#Consumerism 129
W. R. [William Ralph] Inge#Consumerism 129
There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair. Frank A. Clark#Consumerism 73
Frank A. Clark#Consumerism 73
We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. Erich Fromm#Consumerism 70
Erich Fromm#Consumerism 70
Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly; they are still entangled with the desire for ownership. E. M. Forster#Consumerism 65
E. M. Forster#Consumerism 65
It all depends on whether you have things, or they have you. Robert A. Cook#Consumerism 65
Robert A. Cook#Consumerism 65
The individual serves the industrial system not by supplying it with savings and the resulting capital; he serves it by consuming its products. John Kenneth Galbraith#Consumerism 58
John Kenneth Galbraith#Consumerism 58
Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom. Thomas Carlyle#Consumerism 58
Thomas Carlyle#Consumerism 58
Powerful state and business elites seek to determine the basic framework of modern social goals: maximum economic growth generated by maximized corporate profit, fueled by mass production, fueled by mass consumerism. David Edwards#Consumerism 56
David Edwards#Consumerism 56
We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to expand. Johann von Goethe#Consumerism 56
Johann von Goethe#Consumerism 56
Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment. Mark Twain#Consumerism 54
Mark Twain#Consumerism 54
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