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Materialism Quotes
"Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss."
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"Money!It's all about money!It's all it ever is these days!"
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"Loving money is more of a problem for those who do not have it."
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"I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very good but a diamond and a sapphire bracelet lasts forever."
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"Money, money, money! I think about money morning, noon and night! I dare say it's mercenary of me, but there it is."
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"He had allowed the advertisers to multiply his wants; he had learned to equate happiness with possessions, and prosperity with money to spend in a shop."
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"What keeps the so-called consumer society going is the fact that trying to find yourself through things doesn't work. The ego satisfaction is short-lived and so you keep looking for more and keep buying and consuming."
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"There is nothing around me but money, money, money."
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"It is good to have wealth. It is great to leave in comfort. It is awesome to obtain possessions but, don't be too eager for material possessions for the same material possessions that bring joy are the same possessions that bring sorrow and pain and also leave a big had I know on our minds."
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"If the only thing keeping your partner in relationship with you is your money, then be prepared to lose that person to someone else with more money than you."
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"Man with his new powers became rich like Midas but all that he touched had gone dead and cold."
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"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."
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"Old-fashioned people think you can have a soul without money. They think the less money you have, the more soul you have. Young people nowadays know better. A soul is a very expensive thing to keep: much more so than a motor car."
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"The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism."
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"It's unfortunate how some people complain about being financially unstable, yet they use their last savings to acquire material things."
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"Money gives you permission to just walk away from everything that isn't pretty and perfect. You can't put up with anything less than lovely. You spend your life running, avoiding, escaping."
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"A brand-new tape recorder, completely worn out. Bought with funny money that the store is willing to accept. Worthless money, worthless article purchased; it has a sort of logic to it."
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"Mysterious money had stood to him as the symbol of earthly good, and the immediate object of toil. He had seemed to love it little in the years when every penny had its purpose for him; for he loved the purpose then. But now, when all purpose was gone, that habit of looking towards the money and grasping it with a sense of fulfilled effort made a loam that was deep enough for the seeds of desire."
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"God makes and apparel shapes: but it's money that finishes the man."
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"Riches bring only problems and sorrows to people."
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"What good is money if it can't buy happiness?"
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"People are preoccupied only with money. They are looking to see where they can get it from. Hey, why are you looking for it in a 'cemetery'? This worldly life has become like a cemetery. There is no love to be seen in it. The way in which money comes to one is a natural thing. It is (by way of) scientific circumstantial evidences. Why do we have to run after it? If it were to free (liberate) us itself, then it would be very good, right?"
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"In a materialistic society, there's no such a thing as a 'romantic' broke man."
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"Some men like shiny new toys. Others like the priceless antique."
"Anything you can acquire is only another thing you'll lose."
"It is quite unfortunate when you think about the amount of money some people spend unnecessarily just to be labeled as being "important" or "relevant" in the public eye."
"You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sofa, then for a couple years you're satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you've got your sofa issue handled. Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you."
"Isn't materialism the cause of much that is evil in the land of mortal souls?"
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