Quotes About Greed

The worst thing you can do is make money at the expense of losing your time.

Laws go where dollars please.

Money is the fruit of evil as often as the root of it.

To be clever enough to get all that money one must be stupid enough to want it.

Money is like a sixth sense and you can't make use of the other five without it.

Money swore an oath that nobody who did not love it should ever have it.

Money makes the man.

The almighty dollar that great object of universal devotion throughout our land seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages.

When money speaks the truth is silent.

The love of money is the root of all evil.

Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

It has become clear that the function of a private health insurance is to make as much money as possible. Every dollar not paid out in claims is another dollar made in profits for the company.

Poverty is not just a sad accident, but it's also a result of the fact that some people make a lot of money off low-income families and directly contribute to their poverty.

Every selfish man, strangely enough, becomes a self slayer

Mother always said you were greedy.

If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.

What our country deserves from everyone who enjoys its fruits and freedoms is a little more gratitude - and a lot less greed.

Money has yet to make anyone rich.

Nirvana means to extinguish the burning fires of the Three Poisons: greed, anger, and ignorance. This can be accomplished by letting go of dissatisfaction.

The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it?

This isn't about fans, greed or money. It's about being morally right or wrong. Nobody is governing the way music gets from artists to fans. It's all running amok.

The nature of any human being, certainly anyone on Wall Street, is 'the better deal you give the customer, the worse deal it is for you'.

Man does not by nature wish to earn more and more money.