One of the popular views in the liberal circles of the West is that we are actually 'all victims of capitalism'. I… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
When Democrats aren't being fiscally reckless, they are economically irresponsible. Democrats bemoan corporate greed and have not a positive word to say… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I always like to remain a fan, put it that way: and I like to hold the idealised version of what these… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
“ Carley saw two forces in life--the destructive and constructive. On the one side greed, selfishness, materialism: on the other generosity, sacrifice, and… — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
The moral angle to the foreclosure crisis - and, of course, in capitalism we're not supposed to be concerned with the moral… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
“My friends and I live in the American SW because we love it, and love it for its own sake - not… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Many people and companies only have one goal: money, money, and more money. Greed is ok when you let others profit from… — Dalai Lama 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 Greed of Faith A Run- up to the Smack- down of Paul T HERE IS a New Testament story in Acts 5 that is… — David Madison Copy Share Image
“Mark Nepo calls “experience greed”—namely, an insidious grasping not so much for material possessions but rather for a seemingly benign cacophony of… — Wayne Muller Copy Share Image
“And then the queen wept with all her heart. Not for the cruel and greedy man who had warred and killed and… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
“The reckless application of technology, harnessed to greed, degrades and destroys the ecosystems in which the energies of the elements are maintained… — Ralph Metzner Copy Share Image
IF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS… — Dogen Copy Share Image
“The world is old and full of lessons. We will not lack for examples. We only have to look around carefully, earnestly,… — Psyche Roxas-Mendoza Copy Share Image
“Would you rather be poor and sated, or rich and hungry? Prosperity is not only greedy, but it also lies exposed to… — Seneca Copy Share Image
The source of peace is within us; so also the source of war. And the real enemy is within us, and not… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
People talk about Wall Street greed, but one of the things many people don't understand is that there are a lot of… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
We did not find it difficult to deal with Bush and his administration, because it is similar to regimes in our countries… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
Is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
In other words, I’m against cheating, greed, cruelty, racism, imperialism, religious fundamentalism, treason, and the seemingly limitless capacity for hypocrisy shown by… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
“For how long does one have obstacles in earning money? As long as he has the desire to earn it. The moment… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate foothold. Nothing can calm it, since… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
Let us again clothe ourselves with these proved and sterling virtues - honesty, truthfulness, chastity, sobriety, temperance, industry, and thrift; let us… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
Well, 'They Live' was a primal scream against Reaganism of the '80s. And the '80s never went away. They're still with us.… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
The ethos on Wall Street has not changed, and that's not going to come from the corner office. That's going to come,… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
The truth now.He was disappointed in human beings.He had seen too many betrayals,too many pitiful weaknesses,too much greed for money and fame.The… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
“Projectors, Brokers of Capital, Insurancers, Peddlers upon the global Scale, Enterprisers and Quacks,— these are the last poor fallen and feckless inheritors… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
There are many winds full of anger, and lust and greed. They move the rubbish around, but the solid mountain of our… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Was there any more repellent sight, Harriet wondered, than a silly, self-centred, greedy woman clad in the skin of a beast so… — Olivia Manning Copy Share Image
On some deep cosmic level, we are all one, and within us we each contain the potential for good and for destruction,… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people,… — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
If it wasn't for good," my mother says, "we human beings would have been wiped out a long time ago. Either the… — Joseph Bruchac Copy Share Image
Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“(...) personal prejudice and financial greed are the two great evils that threaten courts of law, and once they get the upper… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
“No matter how corrupt or greedy our government is, our corporations, our media, our religious and charitable institutions may come, the music… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
“reactions and think. That is important. We will always have emotions of fear and greed. From here on in, it’s imperative for… — Robert T. Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
