Pernell Roberts Quotes

Too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. But we’ve discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning.

I had the notion that, OK, so now we have all of this wealth, we could buy not only one expensive car, we could buy all of them. As soon as you realize that you could buy all of them, then none of them are particularly interesting or satisfying.

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.

We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.

We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property.

There are a lot of things money can't buy. Not one of them is on my son's list.

Long as I was riding in a big Cadillac and dressed nice and had plenty of food, that's all I cared about.

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

The corruption of the American soul is consumerism.

You don't find happiness by being able to buy everything you want, whenever you want it.

Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

We've been raised to compete, to want more! More! More! It's a way of life. It's about greed.

The great question of our time is, 'Will we be motivated by materialistic philosophy or by spiritual power?'

Materialism is an identity crisis.

I like money. You like money. We need the money. But, money is not going to bring humanity and spiritualism into your life.

I never strike out at any life form. The only things I attack are icons of conspicuous consumption. People put objects in front of their life, in front of anything that has real importance. They make this 'thing' their God.

I don't understand this pathetic need for luxuries.

Money is much more exciting than anything it buys.

Are you winning the battle against materialism?

Sex and commerce are fine things, but man cannot live by Viagra and the Dow Jones alone. A life led collecting things and experiences in pursuit of happiness is not necessarily a bad life, but it's not a good life either. Too often, the Democrats act like the Party of Lust, and the Republicans the Party of Greed. Both are deadly sins that eat at the soul.

One of the things capitalism does is, it does enhance and exacerbate the sin of pride, making yourself, the material world the center of your universe, instead of God's will.

Materialism and all its miseries can never be conquered by materialism.

the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites.

Magazines and advertising are flogging the idea that you have to keep changing things and get something new. I think that's balls - evil. But obviously that's your livelihood.

The American way of life, as I see it, is really the American way of death. Everything is determined by greed and the insatiable desire to be the richest and most powerful. And that desire is limitless.