Quotes About Greed

Give me a man who steals a little and I can make money

People who look for easy money invariable pay for the privilege of proving conclusively that it cannot be found on this earth.

Let's put a limit to the scramble for money. ... Having got what you wanted, you ought to begin to bring that struggle to an end.

There is no idol more debasing than the worship of money.

Lesson number one: Don't underestimate the other guy's greed.

When somebody says it's not about the money, it's about the money.

One says that money doesn't buy happiness. Without a doubt, one was speaking of the money of others.

Money is the root of all evil. Yeah, money is the root. It's not racism and "this-ism" and "that-ism"; it's our thirst and hunger for money. And that's where all the bodies are buried.

Having money isn't everything, not having it is.

I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen.

Money don't change you, it changes the people around you.

Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on to their money and everything they have.

Christianity is art and not money. Money is its curse.

The passion for money is never fickle.

I rob banks because that's where the money is.

You say that money isn't everything, well I'd like to see you live without it.

Havin' cash is highly addictive, especially when you're used to havin' money to live with.

Money is the ultimate source of joy.

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed.

The love for money is only one among many.

Laissez-faire, supply and demand-one begins to be weary of all that. Leave all to egotism, to ravenous greed of money, of pleasure, of applause-it is the gospel of despair.

If you want money more than anything, you'll be bought and sold. If you have a greed for food, you'll be a loaf of bread. This is a subtle truth: Whatever you love, you are.

Instead of loving people and using money, people often love money and use people.