Quotes About Materialism

Consumer society tantalises us. We then try within ourselves to control the needs that are being constantly stimulated.

That's the kind of consumer society we live in. We're always looking for the next product that's going to change your life instead of just going out and changing your life.

My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.

I just don't like conspicuous consumption. I find it distasteful.

The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them.

I totally cared - that I didn't have access to the money to get the coolest clothes ate away at me.

I'm Richie Rich. I land in New York, secretly thinking I'm like the coolest guy in the world.

I don't own copies of my own movies.

I don't think anyone has ever been corrupted by a T-shirt.

The corruption of the American soul is consumerism.

You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you.

I don't like glossy covers.

It's all very well setting up your own brand of face cream or exercise wear - but Christ, it's so shallow.

The world does not need another credit card.

Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.

Don't cry for money. It never cries for you.

My first book, 'Fast Forward', was about growing up in the shadow of Hollywood and how kids are affected by the culture of materialism and the cult of celebrity, and I've often felt the reason my work has an audience in the U.K. is because it's everything the British love to hate about the Americans.

I hate to say it - it breaks my heart - but we're a tacky, money-obsessed culture.

I learned what a Birkin bag is from the price tag. You'll never forget what it is once you've paid for one.

I love to go into John Varvatos and look at the beautiful leather jackets. They're beautiful and soft. I try them on, and then I look at the price tag and go and pick up a t-shirt. It's just the way I am.

I couldn't care less about fashion. If I had taken any clothes home, they would have remained in my closet for the rest of their existence.

Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief.

All the materialistic things I have been able to have over the last number of years are slowly being taken away from me. It's been really challenging but also it's been encouraging to myself to see what my God is actually doing.

It's incomprehensible for me to hear another dude talk about another's dude's pockets and have that matter and argue about that.