Quotes About Greed

Many communities are already devastated by poverty. Increasingly, that poverty is born of the greed of a global trading system.

Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we can not eat money.

When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money.

We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.

I have not observed mens honesty to increase with their riches.

Void of all honor, avaricious, rash, The daring tribe compound their boasted trash Tincture of syrup, lotion, drop, or pill; All tempt the sick to trust the lying bill.

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.

In truth, he who is not content with what he has would not be content with whatever he acquires.

Don't forget that most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor.

Conservators, in the words of John Kenneth Galbraith, are "engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy, that is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

The investigations conducted by Black confirmed what so many Americans thought: much of the economic and social pain that Americans were suffering was a result of the greed and profligacy of the owners of capital and their stooges who populated the halls of Congress and the corridors of the statehouses. And the only way to fix that was the regulatory zeal of the New Deal.

The more one has, the less one desires.

I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.

It is when your practice is rather greedy that you become discouraged with it.

SIMPLICITY is practicing a lifestyle that is increasingly free of excess, greed, covetousness, and other forms of dependence on the things of this world. The Holy Spirit works through simplicity to release spiritual gifts such as hospitality, mercy, and giving... to live free of anxiety, and to better take care of this Earth.

Die Krebszellen waren Menschen in Kleinausgabe. Alles fressen, was ihnen in den Weg kommt, ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste, auch in Kauf nehmend, vor lauter Gier, dass irgendwann der Wirt nicht mehr ist.

Es ist hell. Es ist Nacht. Es braucht nicht viel. Ich brauche nichts mehr. Die Dinge quellen aus der Tonne, obszön sieht das aus, all die unnützen Sachen, Gier im Kleinen, so fängt das Elend an, mehr zu wollen, als man brauchen kann.

Greed and cruelty are pretty widely distributed throughout humanity, as are their victims.

Life is easy greediness adds complexity

Gluttony might be innocuous were it not for the fact that gluttons tend to disregard whether their self-serving behaviors harm anyone else. We don't need to look far and wide to find examples of gluttonous behavior, as they are numerous throughout the history of capitalism.

Never get attached to possessions…. They're just things and you can always get more things.

We associate the North Atlantic with cod. The motto of Newfoundland used to be 'In cod we trust.' It was a joke, but it was essentially true. But there is no cod anymore. And that's extraordinary. It's all because of either greed or politics - Canadian politics.

Money was the root of all evil and recklessness was the root of all PTSD.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.