Quote by Nicholas Johnson
It used to be that people needed products to survive. Now products

It used to be that people needed products to survive. Now products need people to survive. – Nicholas Johnson

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Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things. – Elise Boulding

The Christmas season has come to mean the period when the public plays Santa Claus to the merchants. – John Andrew Holmes

To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year. – Elwyn Brooks White

Merry Christmas to all. A Pagan holiday (BC) becomes a Religious holiday (AD). Which then becomes a Shopping holiday (USA). – Neil deGrasse Tyson, 2014

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