Quotes about Materialism
Why did they have so many clothes, anyway? Life was so much easier in India, where a boy needed only a pair of shorts.
— Camron Wright
Their most notable defect was that they considered work a virtue, even manual labor. They were materialists, conquerors, and they were infused with a messianic enthusiasm for reforming those who did not think as they did; they did not, however, represent an immediate threat to civilization. No
— Isabel Allende
No one in this world needs a mink coat but a mink.
— Anonymous
Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little.
— Epicurus
I did not know that mankind was suffering for want of gold.
— Henry David Thoreau
That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.
— Publilius Syrus
When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.
— George Bernard Shaw
The devil has some Christians in POW camps due to alcohol, drugs, pornography, fear, discouragement, depression, pride, narcissism, materialism, and a whole host of other problems.
— Tony Evans
You don't have to carry a designer bag that costs more than a car to look cool.
— Kesha
The call to self-emptying will always be unpopular to those whose pockets and closets are full. What
— Kevin Vanhoozer
I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than to be crowded on a velvet cushion.
— Henry David Thoreau
That kind of so-called housekeeping where they have six Bibles and no cork-screw.
— Mark Twain