Quotes About Greed

Memmius:) But who are these that have thus taken the government into their hands? Men of the most abandoned character, of blood-stained hands, of insatiable avarice, of enormous guilt, and of matchless pride; men by whom integrity, reputation, public spirit, and indeed every thing, whether honorable or dishonorable, is converted to a means of gain.

Jugurtha:) That it was a venal city, and would soon perish, if it could but find a purchaser!

The want of money is the root of all evil.

For what is worth in anythingBut so much money as 'twill bring?

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money — or the want of money; but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.

It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.

But scarce observed, the knowing and the bold Fall in the general massacre of gold; Wide-wasting pest! that rages unconfined, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind; For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws,

The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest; The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man.

Beauty is not to ask for, but to overask for.

If you tempted a poor man with a fortune, who could blame the fellow for taking what he could?

In time of war, the loudest patriots are the greatest profiteers.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Ever eating, never cloying, All-devouring, all-destroying Never finding full repast, Till I eat the world at last.

At a time when unbridled greed, malignant aggression, and existence of weapons of mass destruction threatens the survival of humanity, we should seriously consider any avenue that offers some hope.

Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.

Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity

When a man becomes old, his greed becomes young: sleep grows heavy at the time of morning.

I have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status quo: your time has come - and gone. It's time for change in America.

It's a familiar truism that at any one moment, financial markets are dominated by either fear or greed. But the healthiest markets are those that are animated by both fear and greed at the same time.

The people who have more money and goods than any people in the history of the world spend most of their time worrying about not having enough.

Don't be a hog: the only time a hog helps the community is when he dies.

In America, money is God.

That's right," Karen said, clutching the bag to her chest and looking like Gollum with the Ring. "It's only stuff.

Fear is our shared lovelessness, our individual and collective hells. It's a world that seems to press on us from within and without, giving constant false testimony to the meaninglessness of love. When fear is expressed, we recognize it as anger, abuse, disease, pain, greed, addiction, selfishness, obsession, corruption, violence, and