Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

Well, I like shopping.

Modern man's happiness consists in the thrill of looking at the shop windows, and in buying all that he can afford to buy, either for cash or on installments.

I do get pleasure from very inconsequential things, like shopping for clothes.

Shopping is actually very similar to farming a field. You can't keep buying the same thing, you have to have a bit of variety. Otherwise you get bored and stop enjoying yourself.

I don't get that much enjoyment out of saying 'I own it.'

The thing I like to do most is shop.

You work with people who are obsessive about shopping, obsessive about owning things and buying things, like this purchase is going to make them happy. And you want to say to them, 'You know, no amount of real estate is gonna fill that void.'

I shop more than most women.

We measure our enjoyments by the sum expended.

How much of this junk shall we buy?

When I'm not feeling good about how I look, I figure if I just buy the right piece of clothing, I'll feel all right.

I enjoy eating so much. I eat for happiness, fuel, and nourishment.

I just love buying myself presents. Is that a crime?

The more we consume, acquire, and elevate our status, the harder it is to stay happy.

We shop out of boredom, for release, for excitement, for a sense of achievement, for a sense of control over our unruly existences. And every so often, we shop because we need something to wear.

The emptier a person's heart is, the more he or she needs to buy, own, and consume.

Watching too much TV can triple our hunger for more possessions, while reducing our personal contentment by about 5 percent for every hour a day we watch.

The most important fact about our shopping malls, as distinct from the ordinary shopping centers where we go for our groceries, is that we do not need most of what they sell, not even for our pleasure or entertainment, not really even for a sensation of luxury. Little in them is essential to our survival, our work, or our play, and the same is true of the boutiques that multiply on our streets.

Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always.

Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth.

Entertainment's definition has been reduced to making people happy.

Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

The media is convincing people that if you have that 'next thing,' that diamond, the right car, then you'd be happier.

How delicious is pleasure after torment!