Quotes About Materialistic Society

#1. In a materialistic society, man is likely to value the opinion of a rich man over that of a poor one; even when coming to opinions that have absolutely nothing to do with moneymaking.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#2. The entire money structure and materialistic society is a false society ...

Jacque Fresco

#3. In a materialistic society, an employed boy is older than an unemployed man.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#4. In a materialistic society, the dead body of a rich man's dog is regarded as a corpse; that of a poor man, a carcass.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#5. Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

Malcolm Muggeridge

#6. It is not wrong to want to work and earn a decent living; in fact, God has given work to us. But this legitimate desire can very easily cross the line into greed - especially in our materialistic society.

Billy Graham

#7. In a materialistic society, there's no such a thing as a 'romantic' broke man.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#8. Sex is the mysticism of a materialistic society - in the beginning was the Flesh, and the Flesh became Word ... [it has] its own mysteries - this is my birth [control] pill; swallow it in remembrance of me!

Malcolm Muggeridge

#9. Those who show no loyalty give up the right to expect any.

Dan Groat

#10. If someone is robbing us, come back after buisness hours! Calla's voice came from upstairs.

Maggie Stiefvater

#11. He opened the first letter, No "Dear Mr. Woods." It was a page full of profanities. There was something oddly refreshing about honest, to-the-point hate mail. No hypocrisy and forced politeness. Too many letters ripped you to shreds, then closed off 'Sincerely yours.

Randy Alcorn

#12. Glory arrives too late when it comes only to one's ashes

Marcus Aurelius

#13. Because of the value placed on individual materialistic success in our society, we are surrounded by people primarily interested in getting something from others. Their attitudes are characterised by selfishness and a lack of empathy for others.

Tim Crawshaw

#14. I've always been ambidextrous, writing short stories and novels, and I pretty much have been writing a novel and a handful of short stories every year since '91.

Catherine Ryan Hyde

#15. Sometimes we can't see the relevance of Jesus Christ until we become dissatisfied with the world and realise that there must be more to life than working 9 to 5, buying and accumulating expensive 'things'and being attractive to members of the opposite sex.

Tim Crawshaw

#16. The underprivileged are byproduct of society's material progress.

Pawan Mishra

#17. We are born rich, it is for us to decide between materialistic poorness or building upon intellectual richness.

Vishwas Chavan

#18. Today, society is sacrificing love, values and dharma in its pursuit of materialistic gains.

Mata Amritanandamayi

#19. On the mathematical side, you could in principle build a society in which people were fulfilling their needs and flourishing as human beings in a higher way than in a consumer society, provided you had the right investments in the opportunity to flourish in less materialistic ways.

Tim Jackson

#20. To ameliorate & raise the standard of the workingmen to the bourgeois level, is perhaps to create a race of slaves content with their lot,-a cast of comfortable Pariahs.

Remy De Gourmont

#21. How many books there are whose reputation is made that would not obtain it were it now to make?

Joseph Joubert

#22. Most people think the more money, luxury or fame they have, the more successful they are; but I think that the true sign of success depends on how many positive emotions they experience each day.

Maddy Malhotra