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Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society. -- Hubert H. Humphrey
The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have. -- Erich Fromm
As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be limited, as they are now, to affluent families. -- William Glasser
The green revolution has an entirely different meaning to most people in the affluent nations of the privileged world than to those in the developing nations of the forgotten world. -- Norman Borlaug
The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on their public school systems than the poorer districts. -- William Weld
We sell to an affluent demographic, so it is important for us to project a professional image. -- Brad Gillis
The most affluent man is he that confronts all the shows he sees by equivalents out of the stronger wealth of himself. -- Walt Whitman
To change our laws and culture, the green movement must attract and include the majority of all people, not just the majority of affluent people. -- Van Jones
Persevere in the fight, struggle on, do not let go, think magnanimously of man and life, for man is good and life is affluent and fruitful. -- Luc de Clapiers
As people around the world become more affluent, they are demanding diets richer in animal protein, which will require ever more robust feed crop yields to sustain. -- Nina Fedoroff
But I think theatre in a repressive society is an immensely exciting event and theatre in a luxurious old, affluent old society like ours is an entertaining event. -- Janet Suzman
Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class - involving high meat intake, use of fossil fuels, appliances, air-conditioning, and suburban housing - are not sustainable. -- Maurice Strong
...no matter how complex or affluent, human societies are nothing but subsystems of the biosphere, the Earth's thin veneer of life, which is ultimately run by bacteria, fungi and green plants. -- Vaclav Smil
Things that come from the private sector are in abundant supply; things that depend on the public sector are widely a problem. We're a world, as I said in The Affluent Society, of filthy streets and clean houses, poor schools and expensive television. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at commensurate speed. -- Maya Angelou
The true mission of feminism today is not to carp about the woes of affluent Western career women but to turn the spotlight on life-and-death issues affecting women in the Third World, particularly in rural areas where they have little protection against exploitation and injustice. -- Camille Paglia
...In most of the affluent populations I have considered, the prevalence of coronary disease is associated with the consumption of sugar. Since sugar consumption is only one of a number of indices of wealth, the same sort of association (to coronary disease) exists with fat consumption, cigarette smoking, cars... -- John Yudkin
I stopped drinking and realised New York still has a lot of charm, but it has become so bourgeois and affluent - and I can't really complain because I'm sort of bourgeois and affluent myself, but I like living in a place where artists and musicians and writers can actually pay the rent. -- Moby
No matter how healthy, intelligent or affluent we may be, if our minds are weak, then our happiness will also be frail and brittle. Our minds of faith, moreover, enable us to bring out the full potential in all things and situations, so it is crucial that we strive to forge our minds of faith. -- Daisaku Ikeda
A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply to close the gap between the affluent and those who must be satisfied with the crumbs falling from the table, but above all to satisfy the demands of justice, fairness and respect for every human being. -- Pope Francis
One of the advantages of being born in an affluent society is that if one has any intelligence at all, one will realize that having more and more won't solve the problem, and happiness does not lie in possessions, or even relationships: The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside. -- Tenzin Palmo
Practicing the Law of Giving is actually very simple; if you want joy, give joy to others; if you want love, learn to give love; if you want attention and appreciation, learn to give attention and appreciation; if you want material affluence, help others to become materially affluent. In fact, the easiest way to get what you want is to help others get what they want. -- Deepak Chopra
Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin. -- Bill James
Prior to 1940, the affluent and the middle class began to converge, but after 1979, the economic gap between the middle class and affluent widened significantly. -- William Julius Wilson
The fact is that, except for those very few whose wealth is overwhelmingly or entirely inherited, the more affluent have usually worked harder than the less affluent. -- Dennis Prager
The terror of the ordinary is what keeps many affluent, educated parents and their kids out of the merely 'decent' schools, the ones that are simply 'fine.' -- Sandra Tsing Loh
My kids are being raised in a much more affluent environment than was mine. My wife and I talk about that all the time because neither of us had this kind of experience. -- Russell Crowe
Rich people in poor places want to show off their wealth. And their less affluent counterparts feel pressure to fake it, at least in public. Nobody wants the stigma of being thought poor. -- Virginia Postrel
It's a mistake to assume that Islamists always come from the slums. Indeed, many come from affluent families but for some reason just couldn't manage to integrate into Western society, even though they had good opportunities for advancement. -- Otto Schily
Global warming will threaten our crops, so natural food will be scarce. Hourglass, curvy bodies will be the aspirational beauty standard, representing that those women have access to bounties of fulfilling yet healthy food, which means they are affluent. -- Tyra Banks
The American people are extraordinarily comfortable, affluent, and secure. It's easy for us to make the argument that God's purpose is being fulfilled through history and through the rise of American power. And to some degree, it probably is. -- Walter Russell Mead
There's an unspoken rule in affluent circles that suggests you can always define an individual's status by measuring his or her proximity to the most influential person in the room. And as the maxim goes, closer is always better. -- Jamie Johnson
The Tea Party movement itself is maybe 15, 20 percent of the electorate. It's relatively affluent, white, nativist. You know, it has rather traditional nativist streaks to it. But what is much more important, I think, is the - is its outrage. -- Noam Chomsky
We citizens of the affluent countries tend to discuss our obligations toward the distant needy mainly in terms of donations and transfers, assistance and redistribution: How much of our wealth, if any, should we give away to the hungry abroad? -- Thomas Pogge
But most Canadians have recognized to a greater or lesser extent that despite much of the so-called progress of the affluent society, essential ingredients to a meaningful life seem to be either entirely lacking, or at best, difficult to grasp. -- Alex Campbell
In affluent communities, where each member is keenly aware of his or her place within the Byzantine order, attracting the right friends is a blood sport. Chumming up to influential figures who are in a position to help can determine the course of an entire life. -- Jamie Johnson
My family wasn't terribly affluent and looked upon money very carefully as something that had to be saved, not spent. My father built the ducting that took air into the copper mines and made about 6 d a yard in the Thirties, which was good money back then. -- Wilbur Smith
One thing lots of Christians do have in common is that they can't help coming across as smug. This winds lots of people up, particularly because famous Christians pronounce on the life of the poor from their very lovely affluent homes filled with their very lovely families and attractive pets. -- Jo Brand
Without in any way minimising the economic and psychological blow that people experience when they lose their jobs, the unemployed in affluent countries still have a safety net, in the form of social security payments, and usually free healthcare and free education for their children. They also have sanitation and safe drinking water. -- Peter Singer
If we want to talk about Gross Natural Product, we have to talk about the King of Bhutan's index of Gross National Happiness, too. Certainly I have found, as many travellers before me, that people in the poorest places are often the readiest to shower me, from an affluent country, with hospitality and kindness. -- Pico Iyer
My parents were not affluent people and were not - didn't come from the extremities of education. My mother had a high school diploma. I often think I so wish she'd come out of the hills in Appalachia and been able to go on to college. I think she would have made a wonderful teacher. -- Dwight Yoakam
But you know, if you live an affluent lifestyle, there are all types of trappings that are there that you have to be cognizant of, and you've got to try and communicate freely and gain understanding about and then keep moving on, because you know, sometimes lifestyles are chosen for us as opposed to us choosing them. -- Julius Erving
It's such an obedient way to be for a woman, to try to keep yourself in top shape, to follow all the rules and hope that will get you a measure of stability or happiness. That's part of the affluent suburban dream: to do everything perfectly in a long-winded way, to try to fulfill all the requirements. -- Robin Weigert
In the affluent society, no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessities. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
I feel affluent or not according to what part of town I am in. -- Mason Cooley
There are many other possibilities more enlightening than the struggle to become the local doctor's most affluent ulcer case. -- Nelson Rockefeller
One common denominator of super-affluent alpha men is the conviction, unchallenged every day, that the world revolves around them. -- Tina Brown
Love is an ornament of the affluent, there can be no love if you need to fight for your existence. -- Ritu Chowdhary
Kids are really tougher than adults, but we tend to forget this in an affluent society that lets kids indulge themselves. -- Cynthia Voigt
The most affluent may be stripped of all, and find his worldly comforts, like so many withered leaves, dropping from him. -- Laurence Sterne
You are affluent when you buy what you want, do what you wish and don't give a thought to what it costs. -- J. P. Morgan
I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth. -- Al Capone
So many affluent men are faced with finding love problems. I'm sure beautiful, affluent women are faced with the same things sometimes. -- Nas
In central banking as in diplomacy, style, conservative tailoring, and an easy association with the affluent count greatly and results far much less -- John Kenneth Galbraith
In central banking as in diplomacy, style, conservative tailoring, and an easy association with the affluent count greatly and results far much less. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
Feeble is the character, that bows to inflated ego, arrogance, and whines of affluent, whilst raising itself mercilessly on the humble and underprivileged. -- Aniruddha Sastikar
Mum was very cool. Even though she came from a pretty affluent family, she was cool. She was really good, a very normal person. -- James McCartney
It is the good fortune of the affluent country that the opportunity cost of economic discussion is low and hence it can afford all kinds. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
We get richer and richer in filthier and filthier communities until we reach a final state of affluent misery - crocus on a garbage heap. -- John W. Gardner
If income was directly proportional to technical proficiency and education, classical and jazz musicians would be some of the most affluent people in the world. -- Robert Emerson Coleman
If our society continues at its present rate to become less livable as it becomes more affluent, we promise all to end up in sumptuous misery. -- John W. Gardner
It's quite astonishing how much money people make in the hedge fund business and in the private equity field, and how well-off affluent families really are. -- Kenneth Rogoff
For those who have lived on the edge of poverty all their lives, the semblance of poverty affected by the affluent is both incomprehensible and insulting. -- Lillian B. Rubin
Too often we think about the green economy as an elite market niche, one in which affluent people spend more money to consume greener and cleaner products. -- Van Jones
It is true that I grew up in an affluent neighborhood and went to a prestigious school. But there were horrors that went on behind closed doors. -- Kirby Wright
None is poor but the mean in mind, the timorous, the weak, and unbelieving; none is wealthy but the affluent in soul, who is satisfied and floweth over. -- Martin Farquhar Tupper
What an ironic tragedy that an affluent, Christianminority in the world continues to hoard its wealth while hundreds of millions of people hover on the edge of starvation! -- Ronald J. Sider
If we become tow people-the suburban affluent and the urban poor, each filled with mistrust and fear of the other-then we shall effectively cripple each generation to come. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
If the principal smokers of cocaine were affluent older white men and the principal users of Viagra were young black men, using Viagra would land you time behind bars. -- Ethan Nadelmann
I represent an affluent district, but when I worked to form my county's first battered-women's shelter, some nights there were no beds left. Violence against women crosses all economic lines. -- Lynn Woolsey
What an ironic tragedy that an affluent, "Christian" minority in the world continues to hoard its wealth while hundreds of millions of people hover on the edge of starvation! -- Ronald J. Sider
Economic stimulation that works through the increased outlays to the affluent has, inevitably, an aspect of soundness and sanity that is lacking in expenditure on behalf of the undeserving poor. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
Research highlights a striking link between between encouraging child-raising and class. Half of working-class parents' interactions with their 12-18 month-olds were affirming, versus 80% among the affluent and 20% among those in poverty. -- Betty Hart
I'm from a big family; I have four younger siblings. My parents are still happily married together. I grew up moving around a lot, and my family was certainly not affluent. -- Alice Greczyn
I Like this quote I dislike this quote In central banking as in diplomacy, style, conservative tailoring, and an easy association with the affluent count greatly and results far much less -- John Kenneth Galbraith
In a world where nearly one billion people live near the edge of physical survival the relevance of intentional simplicity by the more affluent people of the world cannot be over estimated. -- Duane Elgin
The master minds of all nations, in all ages, have sprung in affluent multitude from the mass of the nations, and from the mass of the nation only-not from its privileged classes. -- Mark Twain
Gaming has been resorted to by the affluent as a refuge from ennui. It is a mental dram, and may succeed for a moment; but, like all other stimuli, it produces indirect debility. -- Charles Caleb Colton
Obama's assault on the affluent rests upon a sky-high stack of lies. Obama is too well staffed and too well informed not to know otherwise. So, maddeningly, he straight-out lies to the American people. -- Deroy Murdock
I felt like any other American kid. I already worked at a steady job as an ice cream scooper, but I didn't feel less in any way than my more affluent friends from school. -- Mona Simpson
Sports allow men to build up situations of emergency. What he then demands of himself is unnecessary achievement - and unnecessary sacrifice. He artificially creates the tension that he has been spared by affluent society. -- Viktor E. Frankl
Westernization, coupled with globalization, has created an affluent and leisured elite that now gravitates to universities, the media, bureaucracies, and world organizations, all places where wealth is not created, but analyzed, critiqued, and lavishly spent. -- Victor Davis Hanson

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