Bobby Berk Quotes

We have allowed ourselves to be defined by our consumption instead of by our ability to move beyond it.

We don't need an abundance of things.

I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.

The modern girl is less concerned with everything being a brand name.

I was brought up to reuse things.

Nothing is wasted.

More is not better. Better is better. You don't need a bigger house; you need a different floor plan. You don't need more stuff; you need stuff you'll actually use.

Nature uses as little as possible of anything.

Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism.

The older I get, the less I need. I wear the same jean shorts for the whole week. I'm not running to the store to get the latest bag.

Unless you're living on the street and surviving on a diet of discarded turkey drumsticks, there's no point in being gloomy. We've spent too long trying to cheer ourselves up by spending money on brightly coloured things we don't really need. We've stopped using our imaginations.

There's no great desire to own lots of stuff - and I don't. You can only live in one house and drive one car.

My children, every time they ask me for something, I tell them to round their old stuff up.

The time will come when mankind will begin to get away from the consciousness of needing so many material things. More security and peace will be found in the simple life.

The world has not yet learned the riches of frugality.

The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.

I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.

My customer isn't wrapped up in labels and money.

The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don't. Quests to faraway places or shopping sprees are no longer necessary. All you have to do is eliminate what you don't need by confronting each of your possessions properly.

I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.

Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.

My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.

I live a very simple life.

I don't shop. I haven't shopped in about four years.

A lot of people agree that tidying is connected to how we live, and even though, outside of Japan, houses might be bigger, people have more things than they need.