Quotes About Materialism

It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.

Whatever is not nailed down is mine. Whatever I can pry loose is not nailed down.

I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.

Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does hot possess his estate, but his estate possesses him."

I think if you ask people what their concept of heaven is, they would say, if they are honest, that it is a big department store, with new things every week - all the money to buy them, and maybe a little more than the neighbours.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.

The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.

To be busy with material affairs is the best preservative against reflection, fears, doubts.... I suppose a fellow proposing to cut his throat would experience a sort of relief while occupied in stropping his razor carefully.

Cadillacs are down at the end of the bat.

The exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success is our national disease.

Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat.

Riches enlarge, rather than satisfy appetites.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

It is good to have things that money can buy, but it is also good to check up once in awhile and be sure we have the things money can't buy.

Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he affordeth nothing else that is good.

Riches certainly make themselves wings.

The pomps and vanity of this wicked world.

To be rich is not the end, but only a change, of worries.

Place the lives of children in their formative years, despite the convictions of their parents, under the intimate control of experts appointed by the state, force them to attend schools where the higher aspirations of humanity are crushed out, and where the mind is filled with the materialism of the day, and it is difficult to see how even the remnants of liberty can subsist.

Vocês são todos uma e a mesma espécie, têm os mesmos objectivos, os mesmos sonhos, os mesmos medos... Comem a mesma comida, dormem o mesmo sono... Por isso vão contra a vossa natureza quando se dividem para tornar mais fácil matarem-se uns aos outros. Países, bairros, credos, nomes, partidos, clube. Vocês matam-se uns aos outros por um par de ténis.

Why?" Eve leaned forward. "Sincerely, I've always wanted to know why anyone buys multiple pairs of shoes at a time." "If I have to explain it, the joy is lost.

Why does there have to be a gift for every damn thing?" Eve complained. "Retail conspiracy." Roarke patted her knee. "I bet it is," Eve said darkly. "I just bet it is.

People seemed to have this unstoppable need to give and receive stuff they could easily afford to go out and get for themselves anyway.

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything. PUBLILIUS SYRUS Money