I always do things for the right reasons. If there's a choice between greed - plastic surgeons are very greedy - and… — Terry Dubrow Copy Share Image
“The ego lusts for satisfaction. It has a prideful ferocious appetite for its version of "truth". It is the most challenging aspect… — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
The great thing about behavioural psychology and economics is that they help us to see that there are actually pretty good reasons… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
...short-sighted men who in their greed and selfishness will, if permitted, rob our country of half its charm by their reckless extermination… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We have a duty to look after each other. If we lose control of our government, then we lose our ability to… — Doris "Granny D" Haddock Copy Share Image
Sacrifice, so that you may be saved. You have to sacrifice, not a bleating sheep or a horse or a cow, but… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
“They overdid everything, especially their greed for money. All three generations of Rumanian Hohenzollerns had a passion for wealth and were incredibly… — R.G. Waldeck Copy Share Image
“Either the key to a man's wallet is in his heart, or the key to a man's heart is in his wallet.… — Noah Benshea Copy Share Image
Adam Smith saw the greed of modern capitalism for what it was - a form of destructive ambition that may have favorable… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
It's perversion. Don't you see what it is? It's not natural. To go to great expense for something you want, that's natural.… — Abraham Polonsky Copy Share Image
“I was shocked at the revelation of her vaulting ambition, her greed. I should have loathed her or, knowing what kind of… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
“They were nothing more than modern day pagan worshippers. Congregants of a religion built on greed and hedonism. The trading floor served… — Soroosh Shahrivar Copy Share Image
“Capitalism seems to have failed and is now stigmatized as greed. A reaction against individual excess is driving the world back to… — Felipe Fernández-Armesto Copy Share Image
There is no fire like greed, No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger of heart, And no… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“We might like to think of ourselves as autonomous beings who get to decide who we are going to be, but we… — Debbie Blue Copy Share Image
“Control over anger-pride-deceit-greed is known as saiyam. Saiyam, in turn has two parts; in one, there is presence of anger-pride-deceit-greed but they… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The communist creed: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. The capitalist creed: From each according to… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
Brave doesn't spread hate or bully the vulnerable. Brave doesn't put greed and self-interest over millions of lives. Brave doesn't cower behind… — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
“It is only when we see the worst that Man can offer, that we begin to see the best that Man still… — Faith Brashear Copy Share Image
You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Greed in human nature may now come near to enslaving all humanity by means of the Machine - so fast and far… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
What are we to think of the shortsightedness of the great mass of people who are content to do nothing about it,… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
Jealousy, greed, fear. We're all full of these things. But also love and compassion. If you saw a drowning baby, it wouldn't… — John McAfee Copy Share Image
The hypocrisy of some is that we like to think of ourselves as sophisticated and evolved, but we're still also driven by… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
“If an attitude of thankfulness did not free us from that which binds us, either we have not yet cultivated a genuine… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“...capitalism satisfied the Christian demand for an institution that channels selfish human desire toward the betterment of society. Some critics accuse capitalism… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
“To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What happened under communism - and increasingly, is happening in America, as Joseph Sobran put it: 'Need' now means wanting someone else's… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Men should continue to fight, but they should fight for things worth while, not for imaginary geographical lines, racial prejudices and private… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
For the exploitation of human greed, they have devised comparison and competition. Right from childhood on, we are indoctrinated to compare and… — Lobsang Tenzin Copy Share Image
“I pretend to give gifts that people pretend to be gifts so that I can pretend that I gave something that actually… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
The worst enslaving trait of all is greed. I rail against the substitution of money for worth. The idea that the endless… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
Anyone can battle for pride, power, vanity, greed, or hate, but war should always be approached with an equal measure of wisdom… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“This conglomeration of decayed antiquity, collected with the disease of greed, surely invites our charity. It would be better to forget these… — Austin Osman Spare Copy Share Image
I used to get in trouble with my old agent, because I've never been driven by fear or need or greed. I… — Darren Boyd Copy Share Image
“Don't ever feel sad about who you are. Don't wish to be a daughter or son to a wealthy home, just because… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
You have found that you were more secure before you accumulated so much. See what greed has imposed on you: You have… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“This is a tiny little blue-ball-in-space we live on. We have to share. We’re all brothers. Ultimately, we’ll all succeed or fail… — Cap'n Fatty Goodlander Copy Share Image
“And greed will breed harshness and cruelty. And wealth is a maze to confuse. Once a person is warm and well-suppered, how… — Mitton Tony Copy Share Image
![“Control over anger-pride-deceit-greed is known as saiyam. Saiyam, in turn has two parts; in one, there is presence of anger-pride-deceit-greed but they are controllable; they do not harm the other person to the slightest extent. The other saiyam is like 'ours' [the Gnani's]. There is absolutely no…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/54e/dada-bhagwan-31_anger_control-over-anger-pride-deceit-greed-is_610409.jpg)
