To buy women things, some men entertain. To entertain women, some men buy things.

What s the use of a fine house if you haven t got a tolerable planet to put it on?

The modern materialists are not permitted to doubt; they are forbidden to believe.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set then there d be peace

Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before,Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more.

If everyone wanted peace as much as they want a new iPhone, then there would be peace.

In poor Rosamond’s mind there was not room enough for luxuries to look small in.

If money’s the god people worship, I’d rather go worship the devil instead.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

I'd much rather buy an experience than something I can possess in the material world

The Must be worthless by our estimation or keep us enslaved by an intemperate love of it.

...to alienate human beings from their own decision-making is to change them into objects.

A church service starts and ends with a prayer. A magazine starts and ends with an advert.

What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

from The AuctionI left my home with unencumbered willAnd all the rubbish of confusion sold.