Greed Quotes

958 Greed quotes by 688 unique authors

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. — Oprah Winfrey
And so I went through the looking glass, stepped into the netherworld, where up is down and food is greed, where convex mirrors cover the… — Marya Hornbacher
At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose *your* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which you can build… — Dag Hammarskjold
I want an Oompa-Loompa!' screamed Veruca. — Roald Dahl
That same night, I wrote my first short story. It took me thirty minutes. It was a dark little tale about a man who found… — Khaled Hosseini
If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly. And we'd live… — Robert Bolt
When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can… — Fred Rogers
Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of… — George Lucas
Evil conquered?' said Gwydion. 'You have learned much, but learn this last and hardest of lessons. You have conquered only the enchantments of evil. That… — Lloyd Alexander
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. — Mahatma Gandhi
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would… — William Faulkner
We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The world is being run by people my age, men my age, with falling-out hair and health worries, and it frightens me. When the leaders… — Margaret Atwood
I am aware that there is a world out there that functions without regard to me. There are wars and budgets and bombings and vast… — Douglas Coupland
Mom said that people are interested in birds only in as much as they exhibit human behavior - greed and stupidity and anger - and… — Douglas Coupland
Greedhas no satiation point, since its consummation does not fill the inner emptiness, boredom, loneliness, and depression it is meant to overcome. — Erich Fromm
I am prone to envy. It is one of my three default emotions, the others being greed and rage. I have also experienced compassion and… — Augusten Burroughs
Through the machineries of greed, pettiness, and the abuse of power, love occurs. — Thomas Pynchon
I was Amazement--I was Desire--I was Ecstasy and Rapture and the slightest bit of Greed. — Sharon Shinn
No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than… — Hunter S. Thompson
Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food,… — Frederick Douglass
If it weren't for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no works of art, no great buildings, no medical science, no Mozart,… — Jasper Fforde
I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It’s greed, plain and simple. When my characters join the… — Anne Tyler
A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is… — Wendy Mass
Rather than teasing the buyers, we may blame the society in which they lived for setting up a situation where the purchase of ornate cabinets… — Alain de Botton

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