Greed Quotes

The avarice, the hunger for materialistic possessions and the dependency upon alcohol had gradually become stronger and stronger. And now, it was the sum total of what she was.

Human greed feeds a creed.

The Only Good Greed Is Greed For Enlightening Experiences

[A]nd you may know how little God thinks of money by observing on what bad and contemptible characters he often bestow

Sometimes, Casey, people spend their whole lives living for a dream they can't have. And these people are so busy, so greedy for their dream that they forget all the good things they already have.

I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get.

Why me?” I secreted into her ear.“You were the only one I saw, ” she whispered back, making my heart burst.

Generally, people need less than a quarter of what they want.

In selfish men caution is as secure an armour for their foes as for themselves.

Sometimes in life, as in literature, people get their just desserts. The greedy man loses everything because he cannot resist seeking more riches.

Fidelity surveyed a group with at least $1 million investment assets excluding real estate and retirement. 42% of them did not FEEL wealthy.

Didn’t we all grow up understanding that bribes and payoffs - - by whatever name or rationale - - were bad. And that people were supposed to be the focal point of society, not money?

If you took everything I’d ever found hot in a girl and piled them into a corner, you’d get Cricket Hunt standing in a corner.

A motto of many politicians, public servants and money bags: Ask not 'What can I do for you?' but 'What can I do you for?

Love is responsible for nearly every kind of insanity in the world though greed, vanity, and pure meanness contribute their portion to general misery.

The only way to the top is killing and greed. Okay, I’m kidding. But killing helps.

The pain and shame felt are unknown to those with planned vacations. They know not of the tsunami that rescinded the homes, goals, and hopes of its victims—swallowed by the sea of greed.

We are all born to love people and use things. Unfortunately, we grow to love things and use people...

Very few of the common people realize that the political and legal systems have been corrupted by decades of corporate lobbying.

Unchecked Corporate power leads to tyranny just like unchecked Government power.

Whoever coined the phrase '"I can work well under pressure" should be put on trial for crimes against Humanity.

No gain satisfies a greedy mind.

Ambition if it feeds at all does so on the ambition of others.

Greed lessens what is gathered.

Greed like the love of comfort is a kind of fear.

Pillars are fallen at thy feet Fanes quiver in the air A prostrate city is thy seat And thou alone art there.

On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!

For greed all nature is too little.

If we destroy the biosphere, then mankind will die. We all waste our time worrying about stupid wars and petty jealousy and greed, and all the time, we're sitting on a time bomb.

Con men look for human frailty to exploit. This is most often greed. Trump found a different vice: anger. The emotional are always the most susceptible to manipulation.

Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run on greed? What is greed?

We lost our way and allowed greed and excess to become the twin pillars of too much of the financial culture. We became a society utterly absorbed in consumption and dismissive of moderation.