Consumerism Quotes

"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" "We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities" "Consumerism tells us that in order to be happy, we must consume" "True wealth consists in not having many possessions, but in having few wants." "A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic." "Society today is so focused on materialism that we lose sight of what's truly important." "To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year" "Western culture has things a bit backward. We think that if we had every comfort available to us, we'd be happy" "In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell"