Greed Quotes · Page 45

Wall Street never changes, the pockets change, the suckers change, the stocks change, but Wall Street never changes, because human nature never…

— Anonymous

“This makes sense, since human nature is a constant.  Trend following seeks to profit from this collective behavior of market participants, who…

— Matthew R. Kratter

There's a significant difference between greed and hunger. When you're greedy, you just want things. That's your only need. But when you're…

— Mohamed Bamba

“[A]nd you may know how little God thinks of money by observing on what bad and contemptible characters he often bestows it."…

— Thomas Guthrie

“The markets in the long run are no doubt driven by fundamental economic laws—if the United States runs a persistent trade deficit,…

— Michael Lewis

'Line Of Duty,' for dramatic purposes, tends to create characters whose corruption is balanced on certain ethical conflicts, whereas the majority of…

— Jed Mercurio

That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“They can talk shit about each other behind the others' backs, but when it comes down to it, money is the one…

— Richard Kadrey

We are assailed by the temptation of the love of money. If you wish to acquire riches ? they are the bait…

— Pachomius the Great

“In unfavorable circumstances, kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed) occur, and in favorable circumstances, more kashays occur. However, the kashays of favorable circumstances are cold. Those…

— Dada Bhagwan

The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between…

— David Mamet

“The Strip was still lit by a million neon lights, though the crowds on the sidewalk had greatly decreased by this hour.…

— Michael Connelly

When the days are cold, and the cards all fold, and the saints we see are all made of gold; when your…

— Imagine Dragons

What I saw next stopped me dead in my tracks. Books. Not just one or two dozen, but hundreds of them. In…

— Jennifer Donnelly

“Corruption,' Jordan Belfort believes, 'is endemic to human being. I mean, even men in monasteries - where enticement is hard to come…

— Antonella Gambotto-Burke

Bearing in his right paw the shovel that digs to the truth beneath appearances, cut the roots of useless attachments, and flings…

— Gary Snyder

Everybody I meet is a star. In Bombay it is crazy and even TV has become so big that there are just…

— Priyanshu Chatterjee

Greed: A word commonly used by liberals, low achievers, anti-capitalists and society's losers to denigrate, shame and discredit those who have acquired…

— Neal Boortz

''And one day when all is gone and mankind is lost, all he leaves is the desert.'' ''For man is his own…

— Jeremy Limn

“The Way of heaven takes away where there's abundance and restores where there's want, but the Way of humankind isn't like that:…

— Lao Tzu

We stress humanity, and this is done at considerable cost. We can't have a lot of dramatics that other shows get away…

— Gene Roddenberry

“Selfish needs, wants, and desires needed to be obliterated. Greed, overindulgence, and gluttony had to be expunged from human behavior. The solution…

— Tahereh Mafi

This is Wall Street, and today is important. Because tomorrow, July 4th, I intended to make my first million dollars--an excitingday in…

— Abraham Polonsky

Where is your heart? Is your heart with God? Is it with your own ego or your lust? Is it with your…

— Hamza Yusuf

The greatest need in the world is the transformation of human nature. We need a new heart that will not have lust…

— Billy Graham

Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man…

— Roger L'Estrange

“I dont believe knowing can save us. What is constant in history is greed and foolishness and a love of blood and…

— Cormac McCarthy

When we appropriate money from the public funds to pay for vaccinating a horde of negroes, we do not do it because…

— Anonymous

In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much…

— Margaret J. Wheatley

I make no pretensions to 'objectivity,' a fraudulent concept in an era of industrialized and politicized science in which intellectual mercenaries too…

— Hazel Henderson

There's something on Wall Street called PIG - panic, ignorance, and greed. Those are the big sins. I'm not greedy, I knew…

— Melvin Van Peebles

“Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see -egoism, arrogance, conceit, selfishness, greed, lust, intolerance, anger, lying, cheating, gossiping and slandering.…

— Anonymous

I smiled at the giant. “Actually, Cacus, I have another secret weapon.” The giant’s eyes lit up with greed. “Another weapon? I…

— Rick Riordan

[Mid-list writers are now] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish…

— W. P. Kinsella

“We will not be able to protect against future crises if we rail against greed, corruption, and wrongdoing without looking in the…

— Richard H. Thaler

To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the…

— Charlie Chaplin

Everything is poisoned, and it's all poisoned from greed. I think our inability to communicate with each other and everything that's happening…

— Woody Harrelson

The love of nature is a passion for those in whom it once lodges. It can never be quenched. It cannot change.…

— Mary Webb

Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a…

— David Livingstone

“It’s not a sin to be obsessed with money, for without it, there can be no material benefits. But what about the…

— Abhaidev