Materialistic Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old materialistic quotes, materialistic sayings, and materialistic proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Materialistic things bring forth some pleasurable moments, but never a sample of happiness. Edmond Mbiaka
The prospect of being immortal doesn't excite me, but the prospect of being a materialistic idol for four years does appeal. Marc Bolan
If I'm a lush at anything, it's food and drink. I'm not materialistic in any way, but I value food. Hugh Jackman
As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff furs and cars and diamonds and money. Smokey Robinson
I'm not materialistic. I believe in presents from the heart, like a drawing that a child does. Victoria Beckham
Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions. Mildred Lisette Norman
We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted. Mitch Albom
The very poor are strictly materialistic. It takes money to be a mystic. Edward Abbey
A materialistic world will not be won to Christ by a materialistic church. David Platt
The fact remains that the materialistic view is a truncated view of reality. Stephen C. Meyer
The entire money structure and materialistic society is a false society. Jacque Fresco
If you are really a product of a materialistic universe, how is it that you don't feel at home there? C. S. Lewis
A materialistic person is ruthless with other people but kind to himself. A spiritual person is ruthless with himself but kind to everybody else. Jaggi Vasudev
Today, society is sacrificing love, values and dharma in its pursuit of materialistic gains. Mata Amritanandamayi
The materialistic point of view in psychology can claim, at best, only the value of an heuristic hypothesis. Wilhelm Wundt
The adornment of the body is a human need. I don't see anything superficial about it unless your life becomes very materialistic. David LaChapelle
If materialistic knowledge is power, it is not wisdom. It is but a blind force. Mary Baker Eddy
Part of our problem with debt is that we have confused needs with wants. Yesterday's luxuries are today's necessities. Billy Graham
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
For many people, money is an index of how successful one is, and so, they fear competition and attach themselves to their shadows. Such a path drives one towards materialism rather than spiritualism. Robin Sacredfire
Yes, of course, this age is materialistic, but the only way to counteract it is to create spiritual things. Don't worry about materialism too much. Create and stir other people to create. Robert Frost
The essence of life today is not having— it is having to have. David Hansen
Why are we so blind? That which we improve, we have; that which we hoard is not for ourselves. Dorothee Deluzy
The luxuries of the few were becoming the necessities of the many. Flora Thompson
False values begin with the worship of things. Susan Sontag
If you think of yourself as the woman in the Cartier watch and the Hermes scarf, a house fire will destroy not only your possessions but yourself. Linda Henley
A commercial society urges its citizens to be responsible for things, but not for people. It is the unquestioned assumption of a mercantile culture that things need and deserve attention, but that people can take care of themselves. Margaret Halsey
There is nowhere to go / Corrupted ethics by the major brands / Image is power / Substance of person / No longer matters in this world/ Alan Izod
I'm done chasing diamonds rollies or cars / Materialistic aims will have me behind bars / The love of money the root to all evil / Could eat from the tree. Divita Bonheur
Our materialistic desires make us all think that we need / A lot more than our families giving the food they hunt, they feed. Anna Rita Lopes