Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
It's our greed to extract more and more from good that turns it into evil. — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
Greed is but a word jealous men inflict upon the ambitious. — Marcus Licinius Crassus Copy Share Image
Nothing destroys one's respect in the hearts of others more than greed. — Muhammad Taqi Usmani Copy Share Image
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and turns into a racket.” — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If everybody's behavior can be explained by simple stupidity and greed, there's no point in assuming a conspiracy. — P. J. Plauger Copy Share Image
“It is well worth our while to check out need against greed, and see where that takes us.” — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
The desire for money may be an indication of greed, but I want to argue that greed is a much more subtle… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
An intriguing paradox of the 1990s is that it isn't called a decade of greed. — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
“Greed, hunger for power and dominance are all part of reality. Get used to it.” — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary, Power, alas! naught but misery brings! — Thomas Haynes Bayly Copy Share Image
The hatred Americans have for their own government is pathological, if understandable. At one level it is simply thwarted greed: since our… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Dramatic and emotional trading experiences tend to be negative. Pride is a great banana peel, as are hope, fear, and greed. My… — Ed Seykota Copy Share Image
The only thing wrong with the NBA - or any other professional sport, for that matter - is a wild epidemic of… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the greed and malice of what he sees appalls him so much he thinks he must’ve misunderstood; he looks again, and… — Sarah Perry Copy Share Image
Laissez-faire, Supply-and-demand, - one begins to be weary of all that. Leave all to egoism, to ravenous greed of money, of pleasure,… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
It is greed or financial difficulty that makes people fix matches, not gaining an edge over rivals, so it is different from… — Neil Robertson Copy Share Image
“Any system that values profit over human life is a very dangerous one indeed. Simply put, it lacks values, and such a… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
We're constantly dealing with old problems under the circumstance of new variables, so just things like greed and fear and anger and… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
I think it was a realization of this cancer, an understanding of the broader implications of what cancer is. The greed, the… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
“I fear we face a new kind of man along with this new kind of affluence. When lands meant wealth, men could… — David Liss Copy Share Image
Beware the beast man, for he is the devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed.… — Roddy McDowall Copy Share Image
Get-rich-quick thinking leads to three basic errors: (1) Getting involved with things you cannot understand; (2) Risking funds you cannot afford to… — Larry Burkett Copy Share Image
Ebola haunted Zaire because of corruption and political repression. The virus had no secret powers, nor was it unusually contagious. For centuries… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul. — Little Richard Copy Share Image
Someone reminded me I once said, 'Greed is good.' Now it seems it's legal. — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
