Quotes About Consumption

Thirty years ago, the average British household contained enough food to last eight days; today the average is two days. It is no exaggeration to say that London, at any time, exists only six meals away from starvation.

Fed the fires that consume us now, the fire that will save.

The bar was also a reminder of an age when the upper middle classes poured enormous quantities of hard liquor down their throats at every occasion in which more than two people were in a room for more than three minutes.

He had also by this time begun to indulge in cannibalism, believing that his victims would live on inside him if he consumed their flesh.

We can learn so much from them, y'know--just by watching them. They've been at it all night. They just don't stop--they're resilient. They eat until it's gone and then they're content. I almost admire them. The thing you have to realize is that they're just us--they're no different. They want what they want, they take what they want and after they get what they want--they're only content for the briefest span of time. Then they want more.

An important distinction is that rich people buy luxuries last, while the poor and middle class tend to buy luxuries first.

and personally ate sixteen pounds of brisket. The Air Force keeps track of important things like that.

our frequent human tragedy is that the more we consume, the hungrier we get.

If we were designed by engineers, as we consumed more, we'd desire less. But our frequent human tragedy is that the more we consume, the hungrier we get. More and faster and stronger. What was an unexpected pleasure yesterday is what we feel entitled to today, and what won't be enough tomorrow.

Executive consumption was terribly trying, fantastically wearing. It was proper for a certain kind of man but perhaps he was not that kind.

It is not just that we want more but that we want more than others, who at the same time want more than us; this fuels an endless race.

Capitalism rests precisely on this endless expansion of wants. That is why, for all its success, it remains so unloved. It has given us wealth beyond measure, but has taken away the chief benefit of wealth: the consciousness of having enough.

rich people buy luxuries last, while the poor and middle class tend to buy luxuries first.

Greed is when you get overly excited about your paycheck and spend them in a minute.

Ninety percent of the population buys TV sets, and only about 10 percent buy business books.

If your pattern is to spend everything you get, most likely an increase in cash will just result in an increase in spending.

Desire grows by what it feeds on.

I was preoccupied only with the price of things and neglected to consider their value.

Exactly! Fang would say. Your father was the consummate American id, an insatiable narcissist, a shameless capitalist who wanted to screw everyone.

I declare, you eat more plums than you pick up," Mary said. "I don't either any such a thing," Laura contradicted. "I pick up every plum I eat.

Compounds like wedding cake, suet plum-puddings, and rich turtle soup, are masses of indigestible material, which should never find their way to any Christian table (Shapiro citing Mary Peabody Mann, Christianity in the Kitchen).

Consumption kept the workers working, which kept the paychecks coming, which kept the people spending, which kept the investors investing, which meant there was more to consume. The system, properly understood, was independent of values and needed no philosophy to prop it up. It was a perfect circle, complete in itself - and empty in the middle.

United States consumes more than 75 percent of the world's ADHD medication.

I fell in love with the idea that the mysterious thing you look for your whole life will eventually eat you alive. (Explaining her attraction to Moby-Dick)