51 Movie Quotes about Materialism (+ Sound Clips) - page 4

Updated: Aug 4, 2025

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

31 Some may call it greed. It's not, it's need. A need I love to feed, the need to have a lot.

Mandy Patinkin as Huxley in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

32 Most importantly, we have to promote general social concern and less materialism in young people.

Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho

33 Your money. Your lifestyles. The things that people value and covet so dearly are the bait that lures them out of the light.

Quote from Belly (1998)

34 And if anyone here thinks I'm superficial or materialistic, go get a job at _ing McDonald's, 'cause that's where you _ing belong!

Leonardo Dicaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street

35 I never get what I really want. I always get a lot of stupid toys or a bicycle, or clothes or something like that. -What is it you want? -Real estate.

Quote from A Charlie Brown Christmas

36 Remember, they love money. So, just pretend like you own a gold mine and you're in the club.

Quote from Titanic (1997)

37 Tell you one thing, though. Never saw a rich man who didn't wind up with a guilty conscience.

Quote from Tombstone (1993)

38 So, why is everybody stressing over this thing? I mean, it's just plastic. Could really just... Share it.

Quote from Mean Girls (2004)

39 Why don't you open your eyes and look at the world as it really is instead of living in that dream world of yours. You'll find that money can do anything.

Peter Sellers as Auguste Topaze in Mr. Topaze (1961)

40 Oh no, this girl's rather decent. -They're all decent until money's involved.

Charlie Chaplin as King Shahdov in A King in New York (1957)