It is this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Stephanie could see the greed seep into the watery eyes of her father’s other brother, a horrible little man called Fergus, as… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
what man calls civilizationalways results in desertsman is never on the squarehe uses up the fat and greenery of the eartheach generation… — Don Marquis Copy Share Image
Everything I had been taught to regard as a vice - and I still regard them as vices - under Thatcherism was… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
“Their hands are tied not by ropes but by the greed of the intermediaries that the system has generated, who eat up… — Faraaz Kazi Copy Share Image
We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed. In cultivating generosity, we are only… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
“But when we crave power over life—endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality—then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed,… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Keynes concluded that citizens both rich and poor would have to be led gradually out of capitalism, a base and repugnant system… — David Roth Singerman Copy Share Image
Greed plays a role in causing unnecessary surgery, although I don't think the economic motive alone is enough to explain it. There's… — Robert S. Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Religion used to be the opium of the people. To those suffering humiliation, pain, illness, and serfdom, religion promised the reward of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I find it odd- the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get what… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
A little more kindness, A little less speed, A little more giving, A little less greed, A little more smile, A little… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When we refuse to work with our disappointment, we break the Precepts: rather than experience the disappointment, we resort to anger, greed,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Civilization is an experiment, a very recent way of life in the human career, and it has a habit of walking into… — Ronald Wright Copy Share Image
Now, you see, if you understand what I'm saying, with your intelligence, and then take the next step and say "But I… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
I believe capitalism will eventually be replaced by a communitarian ethic where the rights and care of all beings will be taken… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
As time goes on we get closer to that American Dream of there being a pie cut up and shared. Usually greed… — Rick Danko Copy Share Image
Translation is a disturbing craft because there is precious little certainty about what we are doing, which makes it so difficult in… — Gregory Rabassa Copy Share Image
After the strike, I lost interest. In reality, neither players nor owners care in the least about the fans. The greed of… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50.… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The Western societies which espouse free market capitalism survive by the pursuit of greed and, in their own way, like Communism, throw… — Davis McCaughey Copy Share Image
“We’re making our decisions … or so we think. Yet in truth, ignorance, greed, and the scourge of immediate gratification are often… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
That is what is so marvelous about Europe; the people long ago learned that space and beauty and quiet refuges in a… — Ilka Chase Copy Share Image
“Never mix business with religion, or you might end up losing your testimony when the business agreement is no longer something you… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
When we look into the human heart we see the lust, the greed, the hate, the pride, the anger, and the jealousies… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
I don't recognize hate, I don't recognize bitterness, I don't recognize jealousy, I don't recognize greed. I don't give them power. They… — Karrine Steffans Copy Share Image
I saw the horrible way that people could treat each other. That may be the saddest thing of all. I saw greed… — D. J. MacHale Copy Share Image
“THE NAKED HEART From womb to tomb, There came and went - Only you. Poor or rich, You will die with Only… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“The greed of a single person must never be allowed to subvert the function of government so that one person’s profit can… — Rocco Leonard Martino Copy Share Image
Most individuals have always thought themselves not big enough or significant enough to have an effect on the whole planet, a notion… — Lynette Fromme Copy Share Image
I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It’s greed, plain and simple. When my… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death - the huge solace of thinking that for our… — Czeslaw Milosz Copy Share Image
Oh, I'm all about small business. I think what we've learned from big business and big Wall Street is that unchecked greed… — Robert Herjavec Copy Share Image
I think a problem for most people in a fiduciary capacity is to eliminate self and greed and all those things so… — Shep Gordon Copy Share Image
“Another misconception is that desires are insatiable. Admittedly, for the small segment of society that is clinically deranged, this statement may not… — Marvin H. McIntyre Copy Share Image
This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
“Three Poisons: greed makes me rigid about how I want things to be, hatred gets me all bothered and angry, and delusion… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
Greed will always leave you dissatisfied because you'll never be able to get everything you desire. Greed never allows you to think… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
“Money makes people stupid. They don't have to work as hard as people who don't have money. That's why the smart people… — Charlie Huston Copy Share Image
![“Another misconception is that desires are insatiable. Admittedly, for the small segment of society that is clinically deranged, this statement may not hold true. But for those seeking riches, pleasure, or power, too much of a good thing dulls the appetite.” – Jeremy Lyons [Survival of the Fittest]” quote by Marvin H. McIntyre](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1ee/marvin-h-mcintyre-61077_desire_another-misconception-is-that-desires-ar_2026301.jpg)
