Consumption quotes
33 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Practically every food you buy in a store for consumption by humans is genetically modified food. There are no wild, seedless watermelons. There’s no wild cows."
"You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption."
"Consumption may be regarded as negative production."
"Nothing produced can be allowed to maintain a lifespan longer than what can be endured in order to continue cyclical consumption."
"No production without a need. But consumption reproduces the need."
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"There are a lot of people who don't contribute anything to consumption and production."
"Happiness does not come from consumption of things."
"I am a weapon of massive consumption"
