Quotes About Greed

He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.

Oh! Money, money, money! The Frankenstein monster that destroys souls!

When people die, you always hear the expression, "You can't take it with you.

As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much mon- ey will it bring in?     —Alexis de Tocqueville, letter to Ernest de Chabrol, June 9, 1831                                         1

He didn't know the first thing about greed. He thought it was all about money.

La Boétie, Anti-Dictator, pp. 43–44. Whenever a ruler makes himself dictator . . . all those who are corrupted by burning ambition or extraordinary avarice, these gather around him and support him in order to have a share in the booty and to constitute themselves petty chiefs under the big tyrant. 11

1. Diplomacy is the mercenary politeness of manipulators, modern culture consists of greedy hypocrisy, cynical myopia who value bad taste, obeying the herd instinct. The two-faced modern culture of politeness is a parody of indifference. Officially polite, but swearing in person, modern culture is a ghetto. 2. Pick the nerves of anger with a knife, there must be somewhere to switch from a lie to a state of truth. Author: Musin Almat Zhumabekovich

1. The human world is a fantasy of selfish greed. 2. Human reality is an artificial chaos of the subconscious turned inside out, an invented world woven from a thousand and a thousand ideas. Where their consciousness gradually mutates, thereby turning them into unknown monsters. Author: Musin Almat Zhumabekovich

All the castles of pride fell under the yoke of profit.

Diplomacy is the mercenary politeness of manipulators, modern culture consists of greedy hypocrisy, cynical myopia who value bad taste and obey herd instinct. The two-faced modern culture of politeness is a parody of indifference. Officially polite, but swearing in person, modern culture is a ghetto.

Human stupidity is an endless stream of profit. Billions are earned from man's stupidity

Lust will die from a decrease in hormones. Anger will die of maturity. Gluttony will die of disease and despair. Pride and vanity will die of loneliness. Despondency will die from being bored. Greed will die of love. Envy will die of humility. Human vices are the folly of youth.

Money sharpens predatory reflexes like a blade.

The evolutionary ladder of lies, lies - this is a jetpack in the ladder of social status, and people seem so small this gives rise to misanthropy and sociopathy. Honest people are homeless people or corpses. In the evolution of monopoly by self-interest and profit, only the manipulative lies of populism and marketing, the acting of hypocritical greed, are being improved. Lying is the daughter of greed. Lies turn us into atheists, immerse in skepticism all the brightest and most beautiful.

Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.

One does not automatically become wise in old age. Only when self-interest and greed are thrown out the window. Thus, purifying your heart and your thoughts.

Only those looking for profit will be eager to hear from you and leave immediately.

Poverty seems to be the root of all evil. Whereas the children of rich parents are spoiled daily.

Religiously speaking, interest is an act of theft.

The consumer has been given no choice, but to keep buying and consuming non-stop.

The corrupt leader does not care about the morals or ethics of life. His senses have been blinded by greed and self-interest.

The corrupted mind has no true friend and whatever he does it will be only to his own benefit.

The corrupted politician or leader is judged by his wealth.

The hungry ones are praying and begging for daily bread, while food is thrown daily in the palaces.