James Redfield

There's a destiny for everybody. The world is set up - as foreign as that can be to some people who are very materialistic - but there is a force in this world, once we step into it, that opens doors for us, that gives us a sense of purpose and the greatest life there is, in my view.

American Author

Holly Madison

I don't want to be too strict, because I think kids can get rebellious, but I want to raise my daughter to be passionate about doing good things and pursuing real things and hobbies instead of frivolous materialistic stuff.

American Model

Hugh Jackman

To this day, I am the least materialistic person I know, because my father didn't raise me to just go out and buy this or that car. The only reason I wanted to make money as an actor was because I'm passionate about food!

Australian Actor

Richard Pryor

There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace.

American Actor

Gauri Khan

I think I have got comfort, beautiful kids; I can do whatever I want, travel around the world... I know it's sounding very materialistic, but it's been a comfortable life.

Indian Producer

Evangeline Lilly

My heart is in helping people and in the less materialistic side of things, but there's the side of me that's more polished.

Canadian Actress

Rhea Pillai

In our present age, while materialistic pursuits are important, the gentler aspects of life are being overlooked.

Indian Model

Billy Graham

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

American Clergyman

Rakhi Sawant

It is a materialistic world full of mean people and not a place for people like me who value emotions.

Indian Dancer

Bernard Hopkins

That materialistic life, that's not my god.

American Athlete

Often carries a negative judgment, suggesting a shallow focus on physical wealth over deeper values.

Negative Implication

Usually evokes negative feelings; may be used during discussions about societal problems related to consumerism.

Emotional Connotations

Commonly used in cultural discussions that critique the prioritization of money and goods in society.

Cultural Critiques

Used in academic or philosophical contexts to discuss theories about the nature of existence and reality.

Philosophical Term

Highlights a worldview that favors scientific, physical explanations over spiritual or supernatural ones.

Science Over Spirit

Suggests a focus on physical matter, often in contrast to religious or spiritual beliefs.

Non-religious Connotation

 and the people who want to eat it 50 miles away. They need to be part of the pack. You need those 27-year-old studs at the peak of their powers ready to drop the kill, and you need those teenagers who are learning the whole thing involved. The pack stays together. Another thing that has to be this pack cannot be materialistic.

Are we born to run? PIPE...

 that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy. And that's a lot of the reason why we care so much about our careers and indeed start caring so much about material goods. You know, we're often told that we live in very materialistic times, that we're all greedy people.

A kinder, gentler...

 where growth really matters in those poorest nations. And it's also clear that we will never achieve that unless we're capable of redefining a meaningful sense of prosperity in the richer nations, a prosperity that is more meaningful and less materialistic than the growth-based model.

Tim Jackson: An economic...

 behavioral economists, psychologists, sociology, we're developing a revolution in consciousness. And when you synthesize it all, it's giving us a new view of human nature. And far from being a coldly materialistic view of nature, it's a new humanism, it's a new enchantment.

David Brooks: The social...

 with keeping language alive keeping true culture and customs alive there are so many influences in the world and materialistic things around are people that have basically destroyed the world of native societies most people believe that all natives are receiving some form

She Fears Her Tribe's...

 Historically, nomads believed that we are only passing through this life, that people come and leave naked, so they believe that there's no point in building anything that destroys nature or in being greedy for materialistic things

The ancient, earth-friend...

 to understand if they held stereotypes about students from three racial groups. The results surfaced several negative stereotypes, labeling Black students as aggressive and stubborn, white students as selfish and materialistic,

Can stereotypes ever be...

 But it seemed that we didn't win each individual game by the margin that some of our alumni had predicted -- And quite frequently I really felt that they had backed up their predictions in a more materialistic manner.

The difference between...

 the satirist Lucian described the Cynics of his own time as unprincipled, materialistic, self-promoting hypocrites, who only preached what Diogenes had once actually practiced. Reading Lucian’s texts centuries later,

The philosophy of...

 I call this act of collecting, along with others, seduction capital. Indeed, our consumer society is largely based on seduction capital. It is said about this consumption that our age is materialistic.

Materialistic