395 Quotes About Consumerism

Some people are blessed with a well-paid job, but are cursed with an irresistible urge to give others the impression that they are well paid, through things such as their clothes, car, and place of residence.

Consumption is not bad, but when done at excessive proportions it turns out to be not just bad, but downright deadly for the self as well as the society, as the society itself is a collective functional expression of many selves.

We sometimes tell someone that they can’t throw money at everything, after we have caught (or got), or while we are catching (or getting), the money (or thing they have bought).

The state of perpetual emptiness is, of course, very good for business. The feasts of consumption sustain the economy, keep up the volume in the stock markets, employ the unemployable, excite the fevers of speculation and stimulate the passion for political and sexual novelty.

Some people are way less tortured by poverty than some are tormented by wealth.

The most effective and enduring form of warfare against liberation is the implanting of material and intellectual needs that perpetuate obsolete forms of the struggle for existence.

Some things are good for our image but bad for our pockets.

As you get older, you'll realise that a £250 watch and a £25 watch both tell the same time.A Michael Kors wallet and a Primark wallet hold the same amount of money.A £500,000 and a £100,000 house host the same loneliness.True happiness is not found in materialistic things.

The main differences between prostitution and most relationships are the lengths of the relationships and the methods of payment.