"We make a dying at work so we can live it up on the weekend." Chapter 1, pg. 7.

"...not only are most people habitually unhappy, but they can be unhappy no matter how much money they make." Chapter 1, pg. 8.

"It's a one-way trip from the earth to the factory to the store to our house to the dump." Chapter 1, pg. 11.

"We no longer live life. We consume it." Chapter 1, pg. 15.

"Instead of leisure being relaxed activity, it was transformed into an opportunity for increased consumption—even consumption of leisure itself (as in travel and vacations)." Chapter 1, pg. 16.

'We don't ponder, "To consume or not to consume, that is the question."' Chapter 1, pg. 19.

'Most clutter enters our lives through the "more is better" door. It comes from the disease of materialism, of looking for inner fulfillment in outer possessions.' Chapter 1, pg. 27.

"Money ain't what it used to...