Quotes About Consumption

The university's characteristic state may be summarized by the words of the lady who said, I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.

One time we had the whole world in our hands, but we ate it and burned it and it's gone now.

The television set then came after her, chomping its teeth.  Upon reaching the living room, the television succeeded at eating her body bit-by-bit: first the legs, then the body, and finally her flailing arms.

There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Yet alcohol and tobacco are recognizable poisons, so that their consumption has only to be carried far enough to destroy civilization altogether.

Our throughput society depends on insecurity, gluttony, and planned obsolescence. It's how we keep the lights on.

But maybe it takes a slightly unhinged person to reverse our decades of mindless consumption. Who else would dare suggest, "The basic rule for papers: Discard everything"? (Are they not required to keep tax records in Japan?) Who else would name a section of her book "Photos: Cherish who you are now"? Imagine Southwest Airlines changing their slogan from "Wanna get away?" to "What are you running from?

So this is how we live today: by stuffing ourselves to the gills, yet somehow it only makes us more anxious, more confused, and more hungry.

We don't care if these girls want to eat their men. That's the Piranha Man's problem. We just want the avocados.

Greed puts out the sun.

A hobby is, of course, an abomination, as are all consuming interests and passions that do not lead directly to large, personal gain.

Eat. This time you're eating paper. The next time it's going to be glass.

Monk guzzled the water and tossed the empty bottle over his shoulder.

People want economy and they'll pay almost any price to get it.

Each meal you eat is poison, because the food is just moving you through the world and the end of your time in it. Dinner is poison, and lunch. Brunch and eleveneses and both afternoon and bedtime snacks are poison, and so is breakfast the next morning, all these meals bringing us closer and closer to death.

El salmón no tiene nada de malo, claro está, pero al igual que las golosinas, el yogur de fresa y el limpiaalfombras líquido, si se come en exceso no se disfruta.

They say the mustard manufacturers get rich from the dabs of mustard people leave on their plates. And we'll get rich in the same way, darling. From selling the soldiers weapons they'll never use.

In spite of the poor economy, almost 70 percent of Americans occasionally splurge on luxury items -- like a blanket on a plane, or a peanut.

Quando la morte va al mercato compra di tutto. Niente per lei è troppo piccolo, troppo poco.

her eyes devoured the following words

if everybody was to drink their bottle a day, there would not be half the disorders in the world there are now

I gave 2s. 3d. a yard for my flannel, and I fancy it is not very good, but it is so disgraceful and contemptible an article in itself that its being comparatively good or bad is of little importance. I bought some Japan ink likewise, and next week shall begin my operations on my hat, on which you know my principal hopes of happiness depend.

consumption. Fungi are used to ripen Roquefort and other blue cheeses. A species of Aspergillus produces citric acid used in colas. Morels and truffles, the edible fruiting bodies of various ascomycetes, are highly prized for their complex flavors (see Figure 31.16). These fungi can sell