Greed Quotes · Page 14

“if you want to be a great writer, you have to be a greed reader.”

— Imelda Akmal Architectural Writer

The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.

— Herman Melville

Giving is a proof that you have conquered greed.

— Mike Murdock

A victim of your own greed, wallowing in the muck of avarice.

— Jake Roberts

Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create.

— Vanna Bonta

“Some people are made of greed but it doesn't mean they aren't good.”

— Pēteris Bitāns

“Pain hurts, just as greed intoxicates and lust burns.”

— Neil Gaiman

“More money less poverty. More greed more misery.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

You're not a road comic till you've watched Real Sex and American Greed alone in your hotel room.

— Iliza Shlesinger

People always should know better. People don't get - they don't get smarter about things that get as basic as greed.

— Warren Buffett

“The value of money is a scam perpetuated by those who have it over those who don't.”

— Karen Joy Fowler

“Thankfulness acknowledges that we can’t own anything, but we can experience everything. And just knowing that makes me thankful.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

The avarice of the miser may be termed the grand sepulchral of all his other passions, as they successively decay.

— Charles Caleb Colton

“When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial.”

— Idries Shah

“That something so small could be so beautiful. Worth so much. Only the strongest people can turn away from feelings like that.”

— Anthony Doerr

When you cast away all your greed and fixation in adversity, you can find unexpected strength.

— Momofuku Ando

It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just…

— Marian Wright Edelman

But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole…

— Jose Marti

I didn't do it because of the underlying greed that's prevailing, but it is about greed, doing the right thing at the…

— Danny DeVito

I still play music for the same reasons as when I first started; for the energy, the feeling, the interaction with others.…

— Jason Newsted

“Why do you think Apple can become the first trillion dollar company in history, not because they can innovate, but because they…

— Abhijit Naskar

War makes monsters of men, you once said to me Todd. Well, so does too much knowledge. Too much knowledge of your…

— Patrick Ness

Religion as a vital issue is dead except on paper, and whatever beauty-baiting the future may witness will be the work of…

— H. P. Lovecraft

To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and…

— Lauryn Hill

One’s relationship with money is lifelong, it colors one’s sense of identity, it shapes one’s attitude to other people, it connects and…

— John Armstrong

The Bauls say, "Don't try to force anything." Let life be a deep let-go. See God opening millions of flowers every day…

— Rajneesh

“It is altogether conceivable that we may go right along with this business of “business,” with our curious religious faith in technological…

— Wendell Berry

This is where we are at right now, as a whole. No one is left out of the loop. We are experiencing…

— Bill Hicks

The geometry of judgment is a circle. Hate is a snake that turns to consume itself from the tail, a circle that…

— Dean Koontz

To some men peace merely means the liberty to exploit other people without fear of retaliation or interference. To others peace means…

— Thomas Merton

There are some souls so base and filthy that they love gain and interest as noble souls love fame and virtue, knowing…

— Jean de la Bruyere

“We had no compunction toward our enemies [the ants] and took to increasingly desperate and violent means of dealing with them. If…

— Vivek Shanbhag

Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed

— Anonymous

God promises to meet our needs, not our greeds.

— Steve Lawson

Don't trade what you want most for what you want for the moment.

— Anonymous

“Don't fall for desire and greed. As it will bring deep consequences”

— Cholo Cruz

Purposeless activity may be a phase of death.

— Pearl S. Buck

Gambling operates under the premise that greed can be satisfied by luck.

— Rita Mae Brown

Men kill for many reasons, they steal but for one-greed.

— Sharon Kay Penman

“Greed applied is prosperity realized". ~R. Alan Woods [2006]”

— R. Alan Woods