Quotes About Greed

A man who bets on greed an dishonesty won't be wrong too often.

A man who bets on greed and dishonesty won't be wrong too often.

Wanting more than you can have will spoil what you've got.

Money makes the world go round, darlin'. And sex makes the trip worthwhile. Sex

The rich really are very different," Tyler Costigan was saying. "Especially if they are also unscrupulous." ... "They have always gotten what they wished, and after a while they think they are supposed to. If they have a problem they hire someone to solve it. And they become ever more contemptuous of people who cannot. They even become contemptuous of people who have problems. And eventually they are contemptuous of everyone and care only about what they want.

Lowery would half kill himself to make an extra dollar, and he'd be perfectly willing to kill any of his employees for another fifty cents. But

When a nation forgets her skill in war, when her religion becomes a mockery, when the whole nation becomes a nation of money-grabbers, then the wild tribes, the barbarians drive in... Who will our invaders be? From whence will they come?

Never appear overly greedy for attention, then, for it signals insecurity, and insecurity drives power away. Understand that there are times when it is not in your interest to be the center of attention. When in the presence of a king or queen, for instance, or the equivalent thereof, bow and retreat to the shadows; never compete.

I learned, then, beyond question, that if all the property in the world were distributed, and an equal share given to everyone, the bulk of mankind would soon be destitute, and a few would have everything.

Consumption can never satisfy because the logic of the consumable object demands the creation of new insatiable needs.

Now, no matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.

there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is variation of theft.

time can be a greedy thing—sometimes it steals all the details for itself.

but time can be a greedy thing—sometimes it steals all the details for itself.

Tapi waktu sungguh serakah, kadang-kadang ia mencuri semua detail tanpa menyisakan apapun.

there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.

But to say self-interest is all that exists, or that it should be given free rein! My Lord. Believe that and nothing matters but money.

good is accomplished against the immense black-hole gravity of greed and fear.

So sure, a leftward flurry of legislation got LBJed through Congress in 2143, but there was no guarantee of permanence to anything they did, and the pushback was ferocious as always, because people are crazy and history never ends, and good is accomplished against the immense black-hole gravity of greed and fear.

The rich, being people too, doing all they could to cope with the night sweats and zombie terrors of making fourteen hundred times as much money as the people working for them, made

history never ends, and good is accomplished against the immense black-hole gravity of greed and fear.

We live in a world where people pretend money can buy you anything, so money becomes the point, so we all work for money.

The one percent get nasty when their assets are threatened.

The reporter said, Why do you rob banks? And Sutton replied, Because that's where the money is.