Materialism Quotes

"The production of ideas of conceptions of consciousness is at first directly interwoven with the material activity and the material intercourse of men the language of real life" "I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it’s not about the ring and it’s not about the wedding. It’s a grave thing, getting married. And it’s easy to get swept up in the wrong things." "What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet." "The whole damn world is just as obsessed with who's the best dressed and who's having sex" "Wish you would learn to love people and use things, and not the other way around" "I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer" "The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury." "Love is not about property, diamonds and gifts. It is about sharing your very self with the world around you." "I wish everyone could become rich and famous so they'd see it wasn't the answer to anything." "As a society, we're so focused on material success. But what really matters is the success the world can't see" "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." "I ain't gotta get naked for no tennis bracelet " "The more we value things, the less we value ourselves." "Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual" "Never pretend that the things you haven't got are not worth having."