Materialism Quotes

All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

Samuel Butler

The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.

Seneca         

There is a very easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune:  go there with a large one.

Jack Yelton     

When I have money, I get rid of it quickly, lest it find a way into my heart.

John Wesley    

Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money.

Cree Indian Proverb   

Mammon: The god of the world's leading religion.

Ambrose Bierce         

If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

Henry Fielding  

Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover that there is no God.

Logan Pearsall Smith  

We ought to change the legend on our money from "In God We Trust" to "In Money We Trust."  Because, as a nation, we've got far more faith in money these days than we do in God.

Arthur Hoppe   

A bargain is something you can’t use at a price you can’t resist.

Franklin Jones         

Money is the wise man's religion.

Euripides      

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued.  While there is flesh there is money or the want of money; but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.

Samuel Butler