Greed Quotes

958 Greed quotes by 688 unique authors

Care clings to wealth: the thirst for more Grows as our fortunes grow. — Horace
The same old caveman feeling-greed, envy, violence, and mutual hate, which along the way assumed respectable pseudonyms like class struggle, racial struggle, mass struggle, labor-union… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough - whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us… — B.K.S. Iyengar
I could not possibly count the gold-digging ruses of women, Not if I had ten mouths, not if I had ten tongues. — Unknown Author
As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my day around. — Robert Breault
As the farmer said, "I'm not greedy, all I want is the land next to mine. — Laurence J. Peter
Some men make money not for the sake of living, but ache In the blindness of greed and live just for their fortune's sake. — Juvenal
Though avarice will prevent a man from being necessitously poor, it generally makes him too timorous to be wealthy. — Thomas Paine
Greed makes man blind and foolish, and makes him an easy prey for death. — Unknown Author
People who are greedy have extraordinary capacities for waste-they must, they take in too much. — Norman Mailer
One of the most dangerously vicious circles menacing the continued existence of all mankind arises through that grim striving for the highest possible position within… — Konrad Lorenz
For total greed, rapacity, heartlessness, and irresponsibility there is nothing to match a nation. — Lewis Thomas
In 'Tarahumara' land, there was no crime, war or theft. There was no corruption, obesity, drug addiction, greed, wife-beating, child abuse, heart disease, high blood… — Christopher McDougall
In the past, traditional art was based on making manifest what is enduring in man, like love, jealousy, hatred, envy, and greed... . Today art… — Tawfiq al-Hakim
How could sufferings be relieved through purification? To know the Path is to get lost at the ford. Indeed, sickness comes from worldly love And… — Wang Wei
Greed is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed will save the U.S.A.! — Michael Douglas
I am guilty of stupidity, arrogance, and greed. — Steve Madden
Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and greed are destroying… — Bernie Sanders
As we grow up, we are exposed to hate and greed and anger and jealousy and peanut brittle and all kinds of things, our subtly… — Frederick Lenz
The main source of our wealth is goodness. The affections and the generous qualities that God admires in a world full of greed. — Alfred Armand Montapert
We are rich only through what we give. — Sophie Swetchine
The beauty was in the waking of the powerless. Is it always to be true that it is impossible to have things strong and at… — Ayi Kwei Armah
Nothing in the world is so incontinent as a man's accursed appetite. — Homer
Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex. — Yash Chopra
This America has been the country of greed rather than the country of need. — Ariel Dorfman

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