Greed Quotes

958 Greed quotes by 688 unique authors

I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about that when I'm making it. And if that's your… — Aimee Mann
We've been raised to compete, to want more! More! More! It's a way of life. It's about greed. — Sandy Duncan
The lusts and greeds of the body scandalize the Soul; but it has to come to heel. — Logan Pearsall Smith
When it comes to explaining human thought and behavior, the possibility that heredity plays any role at all still has the power to shock. To… — Steven Pinker
Whatever posessions and objects of its desires the lower self may obtain, it hangs on to them, refusing to let them go out of greed… — Rumi
We are close to God when we are close to people. If we think of God as something in favor of the betterment of human… — Daniel Ortega
Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague...Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough food… — J. Reuben Clark
Human dignity can be achieved only in the field of ethics, and ethical achievement is measured by the degree in which our actions are governed… — Arnold J. Toynbee
Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class squeeze - a… — Barack Obama
All human suffering springs from unbridled desire. Unless one extricates oneself from the clutch of greed, one will not free himself from the fetters of… — Velupillai Prabhakaran
Greed is the assumption that it is all for my consumption. — Andy Stanley
True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and… — Dalai Lama
Greed, it ain't going anywhere. They should have that in a big billboard across Times Square. Without people you're nothing — Joe Strummer
What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape with their factory… — Fay Godwin
But all of this action goes on in the dark, hidden underground. It’s called stealing or piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge were… — Aaron Swartz
Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal. — Al Stewart
Let us work without desire for name or fame or rule over others. Let us be free from the triple bonds of lust, greed of… — Swami Vivekananda
But there's got to be an opening somewhere here in front of me. Through this maze of ugliness and greed. — Jakob Dylan
Greed can overtake smart. — Bill Maher
We want to bear witness today that we know the relation between corporate greed and what goes on too often in the Supreme Court decisions. — Cornel West
Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue. — Andy Stanley
Throw away profit and greed, and there won't be any thieves. — Laozi
Ignorance, poverty, and greed must disappear so that light can prevail in all places. — Helen Keller
To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed… — Charlie Chaplin
Friendship, obligation and greed are not good enough reasons to write anything. — Stephen Sondheim

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