Greed Quotes

958 Greed quotes by 688 unique authors

The first line in the first 'Gasland' is: 'I'm not a pessimist. I've always had a great deal of faith in people that we won't… — Josh Fox
I can see the greed and envy in your eyes. — Nelly
Elevation of today's generation, if I can make them listen. Prisons ain't what we need, no longer stuck in greed. — Tupac Shakur
If there was a university degree for greed, you cunts would all get first-class honours. — Paul Keating
Sail on, sail on, o' might Ship of State. To the shores of need, past the reefs of greed, through the squalls of hate. Sail… — Leonard Cohen
We need to move beyond the demonisation of overpaid traders ... In finance and economics, ill-designed policy is a more powerful force for harm than… — Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell
Market values are fixed only in part by balance sheets and income statements; much more by the hopes and fears of humanity; by greed, ambition,… — Gerald M. Loeb
God is in heaven, and we all want what's his. But power and greed and corruptible seed seem to be all that there is. — Bob Dylan
Obviously you have to make a profit to put out a newspaper. I'm not an idiot. But when the margins are in excess of 25… — Carl Hiaasen
Love of the simple is all that I need, I've no time for schism or lovers of greed. — Van Morrison
Mr. Greed, why do you have to own everything that you see? — John Fogerty
I just want people to see what I deem as a war for no reason, but only for greed. — Robert Cray
Only those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy. — Aaron Swartz
The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who… — Margaret D. Nadauld
Nothing destroys one's respect in the hearts of others more than greed. — Muhammad Taqi Usmani
With Napster and the sharing of music, of course, there are going to be people who exploit it. Greed has no end. But there's a… — Ian MacKaye
When you cast away all your greed and fixation in adversity, you can find unexpected strength. — Momofuku Ando
Work should never make me weary If I'm really meant to do it, But it soon becomes exhausting If it's greed that drives me to… — Rebecca McCann
Today, as in the Gilded Age, we live in a world where a morality of personal responsibility rubs shoulders with a culture of greed and… — Charles Derber
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion. — Bodhidharma
In the race for money some men may come first, but man comes last. — Marya Mannes
The principal hindrance to the advancement of the kingdom of God is greed. It is the chief obstacle to heaven-sent revival. It seems that when… — O. S. Hawkins
The notion that a society could be regulated entirely by market forces is a utopian fantasy: an impossible dream generated by imagining what the world… — David Graeber
Once we were happy in our own country and we were seldom hungry, for then the two-leggeds and the four-leggeds lived together like relatives, and… — Black Elk
However destructive may be the policies of the government and the methods and products of the corporations, the root of the problem is always found… — Wendell Berry

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