Quotes About Consumerism

La felicidad máxima de Colombia no es el sexo, óiganlo bien, aprovechen que les habla un psiquiatra: es el Éxito. Comprar mucho en el Éxito haciendo la cola más larga y pagando con tarjeta de crédito.

en este país por unos tenis uno se mata o se hace matar. Por unos tenis apestosos estamos dispuestos a irnos a averiguar a que huele la eternidad…esto es por un principio de justicia: aquel a quien se los van a robar cree que es injusto que se los quiten puesto que él los pagó; y aquel que se los va a robar cree que es más injusto no tenerlos…

There is reason to fear that men love better to investigate how muslins, hay-rakes, and, above all and inclusive of all, money may be made, than how their own minds are constructed

Tko govori o dekolonizaciji? Ništa tako ne kolonizira kao svjetska reklama: u dnu kolibe na kraju svijeta Nike, Coca-Cola, Gap i Calvin Klein zamijenili su Francusku, Englesku, Španjolsku i Belgiju.

Neviens rekl?mas p?rst?vis nev?las j?su laimi, jo laim?gi cilv?ki nav pat?r?t?ji.

Cunoa?te?i diferen?a dintre boga?i ?i s?raci? S?racii vând droguri pentru ca s?-?i cumpere Nike, iar boga?ii vând Nike pentru ca s?-?i cumpere droguri.

Tôi ?ang s?ng trong m?t th? gi?i v?i vã t?i n?i ng??i ta s?n sàng tr? ti?n cho c?nh t??ng b?t ??ng.

Le monde est désormais habité par des êtres horriblement indépendants, complexés, insatisfaits ; des amoureux incapables d'aimer, des moutons qui refusent d'être des moutons, mais broutent quand même en se fantasmant à l'écart du troupeau ; bref, d'excellents clients pour Freud, Bouddha, Fashion TV et Facebook.

Sabéis cuál es la diferencia entre los ricos y los pobres? Los pobres venden droga para comprarse unas Nike mientras que los ricos venden Nikes para comprar droga.

Ya no es la publicidad la que imita a la vida, es la vida la que copia la publicidad. Cadillacs de color rosa con los bajos iluminados

Vous croyez que vous avez votre libre arbitre, mais un jour ou l'autre, vous allez reconnaître mon produit dans le rayonnage d'un supermarché, et vous l'achèterez, comme ça, juste pour goûter, croyez-moi, je connais mon boulot.

Miopia este ultimul t?u lux. Totul este minunat de vaporos, ca într-un videoclip. Totul este de suprafa??.

Ainsi va la grande chaîne du mépris publicitaire : le réalisateur méprise l'agence, l'agence méprise l'annonceur, l'annonceur méprise le public, le public méprise son voisin.

Materialism and self-centeredness are the great vices of our age.

The [twentieth century] could well go down in history not so much as a century of progress but as "the century of superficiality.

America is said to have the highest per capita boredom of any spot on earth! We know that because we have the greatest variety and greatest number of artificial amusements of any country. People have become so empty that they can't even entertain themselves.

What I find disturbing in America is the consuming desire for leisure, convenience, and fun. It seems we, as a nation, have traded God for gadgets. We have traded eternal truth for momentary self-gratification—worshipping false gods of materialism and humanism instead of the Creator of all things.

The American Dream became America's god; wealth and abundance have become the measure of America's success. But—as recent events have shown—we have been living an illusion.

Many young people are building their lives on the rock of materialism. I find across the country a deep economic discontent among people in every walk of life.

There's no such thing as soy milk. It's soy juice. But they couldn't sell soy juice, so they called it soy milk. Because anytime you say "soy juice", you actually start to gag.

If we have altars set up in our homes, they can't be legislated; money can't be collected on them. Satanism takes religion beyond the realm of consumerism.

Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping.

Whoever said that money can't buy happiness, simply didn't know where to go shopping

Nous tuons des gens par millions dans le but de vendre des Big Mac et des Cadillac aux survivants. [...] Morts pour rien - ou, pour mieux dire, morts au nom du travail. Or, le culte du travail ne mérite vraiment pas qu'on meure pour lui.