Quotes About Greed

When apparent stability disintegrates, As it must— God is Change— People tend to give in To fear and depression, To need and greed. When no influence is strong enough To unify people They divide. They struggle, One against one, Group against group, For survival, position, power.

How long does a thief stay content? And what's it like to starve?

Professional men, they have no cares; Whatever happens, they get theirs.

O, money, money, money, I'm not necessarily one of those who think thee holy, But I often stop to wonder how thou canst go out so fast when thou comest in so slowly.

This is the dark side of the "American dream." We blame the poor, accusing them of being poor because they do not work hard enough. Yet for the most part, the poor have less because the rich have taken more.

One altar forever is preserved, that whereon we burn incense to the supreme idol,--ourselves, our god is great, and money is his Prophet! We devastate nature in order to make sacrifice to him; we boast that we have conquered Matter and forget that it is matter that has forever enslaved us.

The Nordic Supermen knew how to profit from everything. Immense casks were used to gather the human grease which had melted down at high temperatures. It was not surprising that the camp soap had such a peculiar odor. Nor was it astonishing that the internees became suspicious at the sight of certain pieces of fat sausage!

Greed is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed will save the U.S.A.!

The Nation observed, "If you steal $25, you're a thief. If you steal $250,000, you're an embezzler. If you steal $2,500,000, you're a financier.

The most evil creatures dont desire the destruction of everythingthey only desire to exploit it for themselves.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

We did not find it difficult to deal with Bush and his administration, because it is similar to regimes in our countries - both types include many who are full of arrogance and greed.

A science which is postulated on the assumption that human beings are avaricious through all eternity is utterly devoid of point (whether in problems of distribution or any other aspect) to a person who is not avaricious.

Those who have much are often greedy, those who have little always share.

Starvation, not sin, is the parent of modern crime.

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.

Now and then you poor humanities, who are always so dimly conscious that you are all lies to one another, get a glimpse of various truths from some cynical dead man's diary, or some statesman's secret papers. But you never are warned: you placidly continue greedily to gobble up, unexamined, the falsehoods of public men; and impudently to adjudicate on the nurevealed secrets of private lives.

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships the poor man everywhere lies low.

How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand.

Money is in some respects life's fire it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.

Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

The inordinate love of money, no doubt, may be and is the root of all evil, but money itself, when properly used, is not only a handy thing to have in the house, but affords the gratification of blessing our race by enabling its possessor to enlarge the scope of human happiness and human influence.

Plata o Plomo.

Contra-revolucionário é aquele que luta contra a revolução, mas também é contra-revolucionária a pessoa que utiliza sua influência para conseguir uma casa, depois para conseguir dois carros, depois viola o racionamento e, por fim, tem tudo o que o povo não tem.