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Consumerism Quotes

"Consumerism tells us that in order to be happy, we must consume"

"In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell"

"We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities"

"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me."

"We consume, but we are not satisfied"

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

"A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff."

"Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing."

"I do not read advertisements I would spend all of my time wanting things"

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

"I wish I was that girl from the Gucci store"

"The more we value things, the less we value ourselves."

"Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body"

"We have multiplied our possessions but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often."

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