People always should know better. People don't get - they don't get smarter about things that get as basic as greed. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“Neither turn to thy own way nor seek thy own gain. But inquire the good way's of God.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
The problem with capitalism is... Eventually you will have run other people out of their money — Jorebungley Copy Share Image
“That something so small could be so beautiful. Worth so much. Only the strongest people can turn away from feelings like that.” — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
“When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
The avarice of the miser may be termed the grand sepulchral of all his other passions, as they successively decay. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The business of business should not be about money. It should be about responsibility. It should be about public good, not private… — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
There aren't a lot of things that are extraordinary about Putin, but his greed is truly extraordinary. — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
“Three Poisons: greed makes me rigid about how I want things to be, hatred gets me all bothered and angry, and delusion… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
“Money makes people stupid. They don't have to work as hard as people who don't have money. That's why the smart people… — Charlie Huston Copy Share Image
Greed will always leave you dissatisfied because you'll never be able to get everything you desire. Greed never allows you to think… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as… — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
No purpose intervenes between I and You, no greed and no anticipation; and longing itself is changed as it plunges from the… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
“Greed is a snarling monster with a set of razor-sharp teeth on both sides of its head. It devours not only those… — Chris Seay Copy Share Image
Foreign intelligence services rely on manipulating vulnerabilities over time - like greed, or fear of exposure of a secret - to puppeteer… — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
But we still find the world astounding, we can't get enough of it; even as it shrivels, even as its many lights… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
I think it was a realization of this cancer, an understanding of the broader implications of what cancer is. The greed, the… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
We're constantly dealing with old problems under the circumstance of new variables, so just things like greed and fear and anger and… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
“Any system that values profit over human life is a very dangerous one indeed. Simply put, it lacks values, and such a… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
...so much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty, and greed with all their tragic effects, that… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Beware the beast man, for he is the devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed.… — Roddy McDowall Copy Share Image
“I fear we face a new kind of man along with this new kind of affluence. When lands meant wealth, men could… — David Liss Copy Share Image
“The worker picked up Pakhom’s spade, dug a grave, and buried him - six feet from head to heel, exactly the amount… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“This world may be full of greed and tragedy and darkness, but I am fortunate beyond measure to have such people about… — John Gwynne Copy Share Image
“Astonishing, the level of complete bollocks a Venetian will buy for the promise of coin. Greed is a festering chancre on the… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
''And one day when all is gone and mankind is lost, all he leaves is the desert.'' ''For man is his own… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
Money is that dear thing which, if you're not careful, you can squander your whole life thinking of. — Mary Jo Salter Copy Share Image
Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because there is nothing to be gained by him. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Great treasures bring out great greed in the hearts of men and great greed has been the downfall of many nations. -… — Genieve Dawkins Copy Share Image
Greedy people never find happiness because they always think they need something else or something better in order to be happy. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex. — Yash Chopra Copy Share Image
I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself. — Ivan Boesky Copy Share Image
General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
“Life is strange and funny with many winding roads ahead...but the roads of greed and hypocrisy will lead to a person's downfall… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
I love the competitive part of stocks. A lot of fear and greed, that's all it is. All I see is green… — Josh Brolin Copy Share Image
In the second and third exiles we have served as a living protest against greed and hate, against physical force, against "might… — I. L. Peretz Copy Share Image
“Her greed offended the Aesir. So they did the only logical thing: they burned her. Three times, actually. Each” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
