Quotes About Greed

It seems to be the rule of this world.  Each person has what he doesn't want, and other people have what he does want.

Ah, those foolish days, those foolish days when we were unselfish and pure-minded; those foolish days when our simple hearts were full of truth, and faith, and reverence! Ah, those foolish days of noble longings and of noble strivings! And oh, these wise, clever days when we know that money is the only prize worth striving for, when we believe in nothing else but meanness and lies, when we care for no living creature but ourselves!

Each person has what he doesn't want, and other people have what he does want.

Success by the laws of competition signifies a victory over others by obtaining the direction and profits of their work. This is the real source of all great riches.

I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.

I just want to do the least work in the least time and make the most money.

Work should never make me weary If I'm really meant to do it, But it soon becomes exhausting If it's greed that drives me to it.

Ill-gotten gains work evil.

[Mid-list writers are now] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish and sell only blockbusters and leave the real work to small presses.

If you live for money, no amount will ever satisfy you.

It's always easier to take something than work for it...

The difference between greed and ambition is a greedy person desires things he isn't prepared to work for.

Don't rush your legs to feed your greed. They will rush to judge you as the greedy one.

If money's the god people worship, I'd rather go worship the devil instead.

The desire to get money through jobs enslaves us

It is only if the primary or only reason you do what you do is to make money that you will envy every random person who made or makes a lot of money (or money that exceeds what you made or make).

Many people want money but do not love to work.

Apart from the economic value, money does have high moral value.

I'll do anything for free stuff.

As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money.

I was stupid in a business way. I should have been greedier.

I really care about this stuff, I care about movies, and you just have to be strong and don't be stupid; freedom of choice is a big responsibility, and I'm lucky enough not to have to just take any movie to pay the rent, so there's no need to be greedy.

Logging is an industry driven solely by greed. It prospers with government support and subsidies, and it is accelerating its rate of destruction, so that Tasmania is now the largest hardwood chip exporter in the world.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.