Quotes About Consumption

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few are to be chewed and digested.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few books to be read wholly, and with diligence and attraction.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested

there is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.

Raw sugar and brown sugar have a better public image but are just as problematic as the white stuff. Cut it out.

TV is chewing gum for the eyes.

Television: chewing gum for the eyes.

TV -- chewing gum for the eyes.

The buying of a whole bottle does not require that you drink the whole bottle. Mother's Rule of eating everything on your plate does not apply to alcohol.

What are Americans still buying? Big Macs,Campbell's soup,Hershey's chocolate and Spam--the four food groups of the apocalypse.

Recycling has been little more than a comforting distraction from the stuff that really matters.

Just as Nabisco and Kraft wanted to change how we eat and what we eat, Amazon, Facebook, and Google aspire to alter how we read and what we read.

They would herd the large whale into shallow waters close to a whaling vessel, allowing the whalers to harpoon the harassed leviathan. Once the whale was killed, the orcas would be given one day to consume their preferred delicacy—its tongue and lips—after which the whalers would collect their prize. Here too humans gave names to their preferred orca partners and recognized the tit-for-tat that is the foundation of all cooperation, human as well as animal.45

Comer carne de ganadería intensiva es comer humillación, angustia y dolor.

Dans leur ensemble, les humains ne veulent pas entendre parler des conditions dans lesquelles la viande est obtenue. Ils zappent la phase de l'élevage autant que celle de l'abattage. Quand ce n'est pas du déni, c'est au moins de l'évitement. Nul ne veut savoir la somme de souffrances qu'il a fallu pour produire ce fricandeau, ce boudin noir, cette escalope milanaise ou ce ris de veau. C'est comme s'ils arrivaient dans nos assiettes par une opération du Saint-Esprit.

Hoy en día, por un increíble juego de manos, la mayoría de los humanos se llena la panza con la carne muerta de animales de cuya forma de morir no saben nada. El matadero es una de las últimas tierras ignotas de nuestras democracias. Y también, como vamos a ver, un territorio sin ley: se permiten en él todas las bajezas.

Everything is for the eye these days - TV, Life, Look, the movies. Nothing is just for the mind. The next generation will have eyeballs as big as cantaloupes and no brain at all.

In general, the well-off have the money to outsource their deforesting as they buy food and other commodities grown by clearing land in other countries. As we have seen, they don't stop deforesting, they just do it somewhere far from home.

I'm hopeless with money I simply spend what I've got.

based on the ordinary American's conviction of his God-given right to rape the globe's resources for his own comforts;

Kapitalisme lanjut memperdagangkan banyak hal yang dulunya tidak dianggap sebagai komoditas.

Byen var et uhyre, som uavbrutt fødte, oppløste og slukte nye mennesker.

Drink the milk.