If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The love for material things grows like a fungus in the soul and destroys the loveliness of the human heart utterly. — Caryll Houselander Copy Share Image
We close our eyes for what we dont want to see, just to enjoy the lies we love to hear. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If we have greed, we will come across a ‘guru’ (a fraudster). If we have greed for earning, then we will encounter… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Fear and greed are probably the worst emotions to have in connection with the purchase and sale of stocks. — Walter Schloss Copy Share Image
Nothing, not love, not greed, not passion or hatred, is stronger than a writer's need to change another writer's copy. — Arthur Evans Copy Share Image
We want to bear witness today that we know the relation between corporate greed and what goes on too often in the… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape… — Fay Godwin Copy Share Image
“The demon inside his male exterior burned with primal needs. It devoured, it stole, it consumed. He was all greed and desire,… — Pippa DaCosta Copy Share Image
Pray daily to be used by God, sacrifice personal needs and so greed has to go out of the window. Because you… — Alveda King Copy Share Image
The fact is, most people are not going to be rich someday. And we've had a concerted policy of taking money away… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The world in many ways would be a much calmer and gentler place if women ruled. There would have been fewer children… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
“Greed and sexuality cannot be friends. When one is truly free of sexuality, he becomes greedy. He will care only for wealth;… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Our daily battles are to get traffickers behind bars, but the war for the fate of elephants is far away from the… — Ofir Drori Copy Share Image
I've never been the big recording star I'd love to be some day. I've had lots of hits off and on through… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
But in the financial markets, without proper institutional rules, there's the law of the jungle - because there's greed! There's nothing wrong… — Nouriel Roubini Copy Share Image
“The United States has 250 Billion tons of recoverable coal reserves - enough to last 100 years even at double the current… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
A hospital is like a war zone, and in 'Sanjivani' we show the innards of a hospital, including the commercial aspect -… — Mohnish Bahl Copy Share Image
A Native American grandfather talking to his young grandson tells the boy he has two wolves inside of him struggling with each… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
“There is nothing more to chasing after wealth than the wastage of a person’s noble life for that which has no value.… — Ibn Rajab The Evil of Craving for Wealth and Status Copy Share Image
The problems are our lives. In the "developed" countries, at least, the large problems occur because all of us are living either… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
When a man becomes old, his greed becomes young: sleep grows heavy at the time of morning. — Saib Tabrizi Copy Share Image
The main source of our wealth is goodness. The affections and the generous qualities that God admires in a world full of… — Alfred Armand Montapert Copy Share Image
Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“The difference between greed and ambition is a greedy person desires things he isn't prepared to work for.” — Habeeb Akande Copy Share Image
“It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“The one whose kashays, (inner anger, pride, deceit, greed) are gone is worthy of worship. The absence of inner intent of kashays… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Two hungry wolves let loose among sheep are not more harmful then a person craving after wealth and status is to his… — al-Haafidh ibn Rajab al-Hanbalee Copy Share Image
The man who pets a lion may tame it, but the man who coddles the body makes it ravenous. — John Climacus Copy Share Image
None of the quick fixes to the world's problems are going to work, unless we change the dream of greed and scarcity… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
When something good happens to someone else, it takes nothing away from you. Stop being envy. — London Mond Copy Share Image
“We had made the error of staying small – and there is no more unforgivable crime in America.” — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
The practice of gratitude is incompatible with negative emotions and may actually diminish or deter such feelings as anger, bitterness, and greed. — Sonja Lyubomirsky Copy Share Image
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in life, as in literature, people get their just desserts. The greedy man loses everything because he cannot resist seeking more… — Elise Blackwell Copy Share Image
Responsible people work, earn, save, invest, make things better for self & family. Lefties call that "greed." — Philip Schuyler Copy Share Image
“hated casinos. The lure of easy money brought out the worst in people. The air smelled of greed, disappointment, and desperation.” — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
