Top Materialism Quotes

Many a woman would not be in a relationship with or married to her man, if he earned half of what he earns; and many a man would not be in a relationship with or married to his woman, if he earned twi...

The way of the consumerist culture is to spend so much energy chasing happiness that it has none left to be happy.

Materialism Definition

(n.) The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.

(n.) The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.

(n.) Material substances in the aggregate; matter.

It has always been dangerous to institutionalize hope, and we no longer live in a society in which we will be allowed to institutionalize memory.

Nothing in the tangible word that isn't living has any value beyond a dollar amount. Considering that dollars can only buy more tangible and inanimate objects, it would seem a far more worthwhile goal...

It is good to stay in a peaceful poverty than to stay in a painful wealth.

String theory is an attempt at a deeper description of nature by thinking of an elementary particle not as a little point but as a little loop of vibrating string.

Time after time have nations, ay, and rich and strong nations, learned in the arts, been, and passed away to be forgotten, so that no memory of them remains. This is but one of several; for Time eats...

If everything must have a cause, of course, this also applies to God; if God can exist in isolation, then why not the universe?

The second most dangerous thing about money is that it leaves most of the people who have a lot of it with the unshakable belief that they are intelligent and well informed. The most dangerous thing a...

The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.

Experience and wisdom are more tangible than materialism.

Being self-owned is a state of mind.

If there were something that Mother Nature or God could do with money, She or He would have sold immortality to the rich a long time ago.

If there is a void in your life then you will never fill it with cash!

...in principle, one can predict everything in the universe solely from physical laws. Thus, the long-standing 'first cause' problem intrinsic in cosmology has been finally dispelled.

The unity of Nigeria will only come if we overcome and overgrow tribe, materialism and selfish human nature.

Many a woman is in a relationship with or married to her man not because she loves him but only because she likes men like him.

you turn into a shrewd tactician, making a series of cautious semicommitments without really surrendering to some larger purpose. You lose the ability to say a hundred noes for the sake of one overwhe...

Communism in a capitalist world requires eliminating the hope of the citizens for owning what others own.

Most people do not want much. All they want is to be envied by most people.