Quotes About Greed

Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich--something for nothing.

The love of money is the root of all virtue.

To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

Money is the root of all evil.' Then we hear, 'A fool and his money are soon parted.' What are they talking about? If money is so evil, shouldn't it be, 'A wise man and his money are soon parted'? And another thing, how does a fool get money in the first place? I know some fools who have a lot of money, but they won't tell me how they got it, and I won't tell them.

Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.

Economics assumes that people universally aspire to individualistic self-maximizing acquisition, so this discipline has functioned to institutionalize human greed as fundamental to the economic engine of the world system.

There is a quote attributed to Honoré de Balzac: behind every great fortune there is a great crime.

The lack of money is the root of all evil, Mr. Meadows.

He didn't do it because his religion told him to murder people. He didn't do it because he couldn't control himself. He did it out of pure selfish greed, and he didn't feel the least bit upset by it. I'd rather take on a demonic horde any day. The

Contrary to popular opinion, people who have money refuse to part with it, unless they absolutely have to do it.

hated casinos. The lure of easy money brought out the worst in people. The air smelled of greed, disappointment, and desperation.

Greedy can be bought, timid can be frightened, smart can be persuaded, but the zealots are immune to money, fear, or reason.

I hated casinos. The lure of easy money brought out the worst in people. The air smelled of greed, disappointment, and desperation.

Dopo tutto, si giudicano gli altri solo in base al proprio cuore: l'avaro vede sempre la gente spinta dall'interesse, il lussurioso dall'ossessione del desiderio.

Filthy lucre! Filthy lucre!" I could hear Sammy saying, with the voice of a man cursing the woman he has ruined.

The town is mobbed out with Saturday shoppers looking for Christmas bargains. You can almost breathe in the raw greed which hangs in the air like vapour. As the late afternoon darkness falls, the lights look tacky and sinister.

Money makes the man a beast.

Fortune is beastly — it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.

An unpleasant nest of nasty, materialistic and aggressive people, careless of the rights of others, imperfectly democratic at home though quick to see the minor slaveries of others, and greedy without end.

We won't make the mistake of excessive greed. We shall inch our way to empire—and those who stand in our way shall be dubbed warmongers.

Until a few months ago we had a code of honor, and even the worst ruffians behaved with decency. You could leave your gold in a tent with no guard and no one would touch it, but now all that has changed. The law of the jungle rules, the only ideology is greed. Don't let yourself be parted from your weapons, and always travel in pairs or groups, because this is a land of thieves.

As Sancho said, money does not buy happiness but it does buy nearly everything else.

After love, the worst fixation is gold

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