Quotes About Greed

Wall Street never changes, the pockets change, the suckers change, the stocks change, but Wall Street never changes, because human nature never changes.

Unless the human race realizes with a passion and reverence beyond thought or words its inter-being with nature, it will destroy in its greed the very environment it is itself sustained by.

Some critics accuse capitalism of being a selfish system, but the selfishness is not in capitalism - it is in human nature.

Wealth acts merely as a kind of mirror to show you human nature at its worst.

There are many winds full of anger, and lust and greed. They move the rubbish around, but the solid mountain of our true nature stays where it's always been.

For greed, all nature is too little.

We forget the nature of true power. The power within is abundance. The power without is greed.

The truth is that cupidity, selfishness, envy, malice, lust, vindictiveness, are constant vices of human nature.

Most, it would seem to me, do not care for nature and would sell their share.

The bounty of nature is too little for the greedy person.

The only engine big enough to impact Mother Nature is Father Greed.

Nature can provide for the needs of people; [she] can't provide for the greed of people.

If there were something that Mother Nature or God could do with money, She or He would have sold immortality to the rich a long time ago.

We live in a society where those that do the greatest damage to humanity and nature reap the greatest financial rewards.

What is the nature of egoism? It spends away everything in its power!

Violence is the result of hatred & greed conquering the heart of lesser souls.

Who gives you pain? Your anger, pride, illusion and greed. Where is the fault of the nature in all this?

Recently I keep thinking that this isn't about the survival of a species. It's about why we're never satisfied with what we need, why we always take a bit more.

The best parenting strives to educate their children in HOW TO LIVE LIFE -- competitive, compassionate, void of greed, & striving to make a better world.

Those who desire to become rich, desire it at once.

No one is born with greed, prejudice, bigotry, patriotism and hatred; these are all learned behavior patterns.

Wealth has never yet sacrificed itself on the altar of patriotism.

Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious.

Avarice is patriotic!