materialism Quotes

It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

Money often costs too much.

Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.

Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Linux has definitely made a lot of sense even in a purely materialistic sense.

Price is rarely the most important thing. A cheap product might sell some units. Somebody gets it home and they feel great when they pay the money, but then they get it home and use it and the joy is gone.

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.