Then the hard, dry Spaniards came exploring through, greedy and realistic, and their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
It's a familiar truism that at any one moment, financial markets are dominated by either fear or greed. But the healthiest markets… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies,cuts through, and captures the essence of… — Wallstreet 1987 Gordon Gekko Copy Share Image
“Everyone in your culture knows this. Man was born to turn the world into a paradise, but tragically he was born flawed.… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
When we desire or solicit anything, our minds run wholly on the good side or circumstances of it; when it is obtained,… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
One step closer to the end of the world. The one-two combo of corporate greed and organised religion apparently proved to be… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Is it not the excess and greed of this and the neglect of all other things that revolutionizes this constitution too and… — Plato Copy Share Image
Our country, our economy - don't doubt me on this - our economy is based on capitalism. Barack Obama's stated reason for… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Urges ... every man has urges. But the true measure of man is to admit them, to learn to control them. The… — Bray Wyatt Copy Share Image
“When people become self-centred and self-enclosed, their greed increases. The emptier a person’s heart is, the more he or she needs things… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Gradually it became known that the new race had a definite purpose, and that purpose was to chart and possess the whole… — Charles Alexander (Ohiyesa) Eastman Copy Share Image
“Certainly, I approve of it. Our culture has sunk into a bog of materialism. Men have lost all spiritual values in their… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Leaving traces of ourselves, as in creative productivity, could then be seen as part of the definition of consciousness for us as… — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share Image
“Well, honey, it’s capitalism that brings out the meanness and greed,” says I. “Our founding fathers did a decent job of framing… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
“The sight of snow made her think how beautiful and short life is and how, in spite of all their enmities, people… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Vice is Washington's signature. A fish rots from the head, and Washington has led our country into vice, greed, selfishness, and the… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
Gordon Gekko was right: greed is good. Because, the potty-trained Republicans have now stepped forward - like the Koch brothers - to… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
With various people complaining about "price gouging... economist Walter Williams has coined a new term: "Tax gouging." But government is never accused… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“While many might disagree with me, I do not believe that it’s a small step from independence to entitlement and then anarchy.… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“His strength for your weakness! His wisdom for your folly! His drive for your drift! His grace for your greed! His love… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Avarice misapprehends itself almost always. There is no passion which more often will miss its aim, nor upon which the present has… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Papers in the roadside Tell of suffering and greed Here today, forgot tomorrow Here besides the news Of holy war and holy… — Duran Duran Copy Share Image
Change that does not lead to liberation from fear, greed and delusion is not wholesome. Furthermore, any change that does not yield… — Phillip Moffitt Copy Share Image
I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
If you are excessively acquiring more than what your needs or deserves in life. You should be ready to face the agony… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
What has patriotism come to be but greed and false pride, when the only way it can show itself is by shedding… — Sylvia Thompson Copy Share Image
“The one who does not have even a trace of sexual thoughts is referred to as a saiyam parinaami (one who is free of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Humanity is at a crossroads. We can continue down the current path of greed, consumerism, oligarchy, poverty, war, racism, and environmental degradation.… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“For every summons to a shining city on the hill or a promise of change we can believe in, we are presented… — Nikki Stern Copy Share Image
“The time approaches That will with due decision make us know What we shall say we have and what we owe. Thoughts… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“To dislike something with egoism has been referred to as renunciation (tyaag). Whereas if dislike arises for something whilst in an egoless state, that is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Let us treasure up in our soul some of those things which are permanent..., not of those which will forsake us and… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
A compassionate heart still feels anger, greed, jealousy, and other such emotions. But it accepts them for what they are with equanimity,… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
By the 1980s, businesses had realized that environmental issues had a price tag. Increasingly, they balked. Reflexively, the anticorporate Left pivoted; Earth… — Charles C. Mann Copy Share Image
“If it were not for certain people's greed for wealth, the highways would be filled with cars powered by the sun, and… — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Copy Share Image
Awareness is fire; it burns all that is wrong in you. It burns your ego. It burns your greed, it burns your… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
If greed were not the master of modern man, how could it be that the frenzy of economic activity does not abate… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath,… — Dave Mustaine Copy Share Image
Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets,… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
