materialism Quotes

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

I have a nice office. I have a nice house... So I'm not denying myself some great things. I just don't happen to have expensive hobbies.

Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists.

You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.

The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.

There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment.