Disposable Quotes

“A disposable society is only fit for disposable people.”

“I hope I am the antithesis of disposable fashion.”

“We live in a world of disposable memory, nothing's built to last, not even shame.”

“That was the problem these days--everything was considered disposable--clothes, cell phones, relationships.”

“There is an undeniable web connecting incidents such as the rise to power of dictators... poverty and the perception of human beings as disposable property.”

“If you can't reuse or repair an item, do you ever really own it? Do you ever really own it? Do you ever develop the sense of pride and proprietorship that comes from maintaining an object in fine working order?We invest something of ourselves in our material world, which in turn reflects who we are. In the era of disposability that plastic has helped us foster, we have increasingly invested ourselves in objects that have no real meaning in our lives. We think of disposable lighters as conveniences -- which they indisputably are; ask any smoker or backyard-barbecue chef -- and yet we don't think much about the tradeoffs that that convenience entails.”

“So much of what we read and write these days is disposable.”

“Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable.”

“Did you notice there aren’t any average kids anymore—only Gifted and Disposable?”

“Thus, hanging around in our towels (and those weird disposable underpants) was no big deal.”