Quotes About Greed

It doesn't matter whether you are rich or poor - as long as you've got money.

All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able.

While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser.

The invention of money opened a new field to human avarice by giving rise to usury and the practice of lending money at interest while the owner passes a life of idleness.

While thousands of Americans die alone, Donald touts stock market gains. As my father lay dying alone, Donald went to the movies. If he can in any way profit from your death, he'll facilitate it, and then he'll ignore the fact that you died.

The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities.

As time goes on we get closer to that American Dream of there being a pie cut up and shared. Usually greed and selfishness prevent that and there is always one bad apple in every barrel.

Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.

Privacy is not for sale, and human rights should not be compromised out of fear or greed.

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

You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting.

I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it. You're aware that if you're nicking all the budget, somebody else is getting threepence ha'penny, or the production values aren't going to be so high.

They politics like ours profess, the greater prey upon the less.

Money really is a dirty word.

I think Naomi Klein was very astute with her book 'Shock Doctrine.' We make money on disaster.

The man who dies rich, dies in disgrace.

The whole industry is so screwed up by economics. It's disgusting to me.

Just politics in general is a disgusting thing.

Mankind has been and is divided into three parts: the Haves, the Have-Nots, and the Have-a-Little, Want Mores.

Politicians will only exploit you for nothing.

The world is falling apart and nobody is there for you, 2020 has shown it over and over again. But American capitalism is.

I think money, power, fame changes people a lot.

I was greedy and ate in that unselfconscious way teenagers do, constantly grazing and eating when I wasn't hungry.