materialism Quotes

It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers.

Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

I think that I am responsible for the death of thousands of things and for the misery of thousands of people, just through the things that I buy and how I live my life, and these are not things that ever deserved to die.

T-shirts for ten dollars are even more fashion today than expensive fashion.

All festival food is expensive.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.