Greedy Quotes · Page 5

The frequency of anger attracts the frequency of anger, the frequency of greed attracts the frequency of greed, and so on. This…

— Gary Zukav

I say you don't need religion, or political ideology, to understand human nature. Science reveals that human nature is greedy and selfish,…

— Michael Shermer

See, ma'am, frankly speaking this problem can't be solved by us police or military. The problem with these tribals is they don't…

— Arundhati Roy

I'm greedy, I want to be great.

— Tyrese Haliburton

In 1847, two years before the greedy rush for gold began in California, the Mormons quietly began irrigating Utah's Salt Lake Valley.…

— Stuart Campbell

No amount of money can buy the streets of gold.

— Austin P Williams

Obama, in pursuit of power, has been as greedy and irresponsible as any Wall Street tycoon in pursuit of money.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“Capitalism is a social system owned by the capitalistic class, a small network of very wealthy and powerful businessmen, who compromise the…

— Suzy Kassem

I am not content at all. I am a very greedy actor, I just want to keep exploring myself.

— Saqib Saleem

All anyone really needs to know about barbed wire is that it can tear the arse out of your trousers, give a…

— Billy Connolly

“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

Is this not enough? This blessed sip of life Is it not enough? Staring down at the ground Then complain and pray…

— Dave Matthews

Traversing a slow page, to come upon a lode of the pure shining metal is to exult inwardly for greedy hours.

— Kathleen Norris

Oh, you've outdone me twice now, you queen of forgiveness. The ring's a promise of peace and I'm greedy with hope. It's…

— Melina Marchetta

Every striker from England I know is the same; they're greedy and they want to get goals.

— Bradley Wright-Phillips

The evil that men do lives on the front pages of greedy newspapers, but the good is oft interred apathetically inside.

— Brooks Atkinson

“Toa msaada katika jamii iliyosaidia kukulea ulipokuwa mdogo.”

— Enock Maregesi

I was becoming more cunning than an animal in hiding my supply of morphine. A squirrel saving nuts is limited by its…

— Evalyn Walsh McLean

[Somali maritime violence] is a response to greedy Western nations, who invade and exploit Somalia's water resources illegally. It is not a…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

You have to be able to decide, 'Well no, I'm not going to be violent, I'm going to suppress that impulse; I'm…

— Pankaj Mishra

This account of him [Thomas More] developed as I wrote: what first attracted me was a person who could not be accused…

— Robert Bolt

I believe that beyond the arena of art, the world would be a much better place if centered around a feminine perspective.…

— Mark Ryden

We risk all in being too greedy.

— Jean de La Fontaine

The truth about people at every economic level of life is you get those who are kind and who are not, those…

— Gavid Hood

“Any system that values profit over human life is a very dangerous one indeed. Simply put, it lacks values, and such a…

— Suzy Kassem