Quotes About Materialism

Never get attached to possessions…. They're just things and you can always get more things.

Buying is a profound pleasure.

His name was George F. Babbitt [and]… he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay.

They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.

A little wonton money, which burned out the bottom of his purse.

I know fashion is a material thing, but we live in a material world and I love clothes.

I'm talkin' about us, the new slaves, the people who love fashion. I'm talking about us, you know? 'Cause I'm a slave to it. I love it.

The market-place, the eager love of gain, Whose aim is vanity, and whose end is pain!

I love the United States, but I see here everything is measured by success, by how much money it makes, not the satisfaction to the individual.

I love consumerism, TV culture, shopping malls. There's nothing I'd ever buy, but I like being there. It's wacky.

Riches naturally beget pride, love of the world, and every temper that is destructive of Christianity.

The love of pelf increases with the pelf. [Lat., Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crescit.]

I try not to be sentimental and obsessive about possessions. I love collecting, but I hate owning.

Love is maintain'd by wealth: when all is spent, Adversity then breeds the discontent.

I like to make money, I like to have nice things. But I love to act, I love to tell stories.

Money buys everything, even true love.

Don't love anything that can be taken away.

Things are to be used and God is to be loved. We get into trouble when we begin to use God and love things.

Chains and stuff are nice, don't get me wrong I love them and I wear chains, but I can do without it.

The deceptive, glossy media images of faces, bodies and social lifestyles, make us hate ourselves so we will buy a solution to love ourselves once again.

There should be a balance between material and spiritual progress, a balance achieved through the principles based on love and compassion.

Buy what you love. Love those who can't be bought. Take in all the day has to offer. Give it all away.

Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship.

You can't love a library of e-books. You can't furnish a room with e-books.