Materialistic Things Quotes

• 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.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Birthday, Peace, Age

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.19, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• The best things in life aren't things.

  Art Buchwald

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Best things in life aren't things.

  Mike Ness

  Inspirational, Family, Happiness

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• There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace.

  Richard Pryor

  Beautiful, Nice, Struggle

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• 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

  Materialistic, Granted, Loving Relationships

  Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.84, Broadway Books

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• Talking about a materialistic thing, I get about 13 times more royalties from Europe than I do from America.

  Elliott Carter

  Talking, Europe, America

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• I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have.

  Lloyd Banks

  Loyalty, Honorable Man, Important

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• Females in our generation morals are just out the window. Materialistic things aren't life. I'd rather walk in the rain with a man who treats me like a queen than to ride in a Benz with a man who treats me like crap.

  Jhene Aiko

  Queens, Rain, Men

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• Athens built the Acropolis. Corinth was a commercial city, interested in purely materialistic things. Today we admire Athens, visit it, preserve the old temples, yet we hardly ever set foot in Corinth.

  Harold Urey

  Cities, Feet, History

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