Quotes About Greed

I was greedy, she warned, and could not fill my heart with enough pleasure, my stomach with enough contentment, my body with enough sleep. I was like a rice basket with a rat hole at the bottom, and thus could not be satisfied and overflow, nor could I be filled. I would never know the full depth and breadth of love, beauty, or happiness. She said it like a curse.

If you are greedy, what is inside you is what makes you always hungry," said Popo.

When there is great suffering, he said, everyone struggles the same. But when there is peace, no one wants to be the same. The rich no longer share. The less rich envy and steal.

Remember that envy is one of mankind's greatest flaws. It leads to recklessness in the one who envies and possessiveness in the one who has you by his side.

I even take a little pleasure in tormenting Harry. I let him dream all month, and then again I exile him because he is disintegrated, chaotic, unbalanced, because he is sick, the nakedness of his appetite and greed revolt me. His audacity and demands.

The grass is always greener on the hand that feeds.

Money gives you independence; but when you start chasing it, it is never enough.

The ideology of New York City was, is, and probably always will be profit.

A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned

We imagine we possess, and we are possessed.

They are very greedy. You always have to pay bribes. If they want to buy this glass you tell them it's five dollars. They will beat you down to one dollar, then they will say, "OK I will give you $3, but you give me $2 back!

Treasure in such large amounts stopped feeling precious

Finalement, ce n'est peut-être pas la corruption ni l'avidité qui rend lâche. Peut-être n'est-ce ni la faiblesse ni la souffrance ni même la peur. Peut-être est-ce simplement l'amour

A lot of what goes on these days with high-flying companies and these overpaid CEO's, who're really just looting from the top and aren't watching out for anybody but themselves, really upsets me. It's one of the main things wrong with American business today.

Why do dragons lust for gold?' 'Dragons do not lust for gold. They hoard gold because they are often lazy, and do not like to go out in search for food. Rumours about their hoards ensure a steady stream of questing heroes, in other words, a staple diet. The dragon lust for gold should be called the dragon lust for gold-lusting food,' said Asvin.

This was about twelve years ago, when I was just starting out in the business. There was this fearsome old pirate called Greenbeard. Killed hundreds of people, sank ships, robbed, plundered, pillaged, was generally unpleasant. You know the type.' 'Why was his beard green?' 'It wasn't. But the other colours were taken. (...)

Unnumbered suppliants crowd Preferment's gate Athirst for wealth, and burning to be great; Delusive Fortune hears th' incessant call, They mount, they shine, evaporate, and fall.

Our desires increase with our possessions.

Siempre odié lo que define la vida en ese lugar: el arribismo, el afán de figurar, el odio, la tacañería congénita. la envidia

Give orange give me eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you. —NIM CHIMPSKY, 1970s Gimme gimme more, gimme more, gimme gimme more. —BRITNEY SPEARS, 2007

This is the real meaning of the myth of Midas. It wasn't just that the king might starve to death through blind greed. It was that everything he touched lost its incomparable properties and turned into cold, hard cash.

there's nothing more depressing than bad capitalism.

Who controls everything? Old men of this type. Without needs. They don't need therefore they have. I need, therefore I don't have.

You are lazy, disgraceful, tougher than you think but not yet a dead loss. In part you are humanly okay. We are supposed to do something for our kind. Don't get frenzied about money. Overcome your greed. Better luck with women. Last of all - remember: we are not natural beings but supernatural beings.