56 Movie Quotes about Consumerism (+ Sound Clips) - page 6

Updated: Mar 23, 2026

Memorable quotes about consumerism, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

51 Really now, why don't you just go out and buy a new one? -Are you kidding? Where could I find another toaster like this? -Like that? Probably nowhere.

Jon Lovitz as Radio in The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

52 Planned obsolescence. -That's it. Planned obsolescence. Anyway, the appliances didn't like this idea. They wanted to last forever.

Kath Soucie as Tinselina in The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

53 Now, this little box makes you candy-conscious. That's what Matuschek and Company designed it for.

Margaret Sullavan as Klara Novak in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

54 Just goes to show you what you can get these days on a credit card.

John Byner as The Ant And The Aardvark in The Ant and the Aardvark (1969)

55 This is going downhill fast. It think would be a great time to go to commercial break.

Will Ferrell as Ricky Bobby in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

56 All told, the weekend cost me 2 million bucks, including the cost of refurbishing the entire 28th floor.

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street