Greed Quotes

958 Greed quotes by 688 unique authors

Cats are cats . . . the world over! These intelligent, peace-loving, four-footed friends- who are without prejudice, without hate, without greed- may someday teach… — Lilian Jackson Braun
I cannot bear not to know the end of a tale. I will read the most trivial things – once commenced – only out of… — A. S. Byatt
Some may say that such a girl is not ready for a relationship with a man, especially a man in his late sixties. But to… — Miranda July
The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't… — Ram Dass
My teacher said once that every man faces seven enemies in his lifetime. Sickness, hunger, betrayal, envy, greed, old age, and then death... — Osamu Tezuka
And I speak of spiritual suffering! Of people seeing their talent, their work, their lives wasted. Of good minds submitting to stupid ones. Of strength… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust.… — Bret Easton Ellis
They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger… they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if… — Tacitus
There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The sight of snow made her think how beautiful and short life is and how, in spite of all their enmities, people have so very… — Orhan Pamuk
When the preponderance of human beings choose to act with justice and generosity and kindness, then learning and love and decency prevail. When the preponderance… — Mary Doria Russell
Everyone in your culture knows this. Man was born to turn the world into paradise, but tragically he was born flawed. And so his paradise… — Daniel Quinn
The geometry of judgment is a circle. Hate is a snake that turns to consume itself from the tail, a circle that diminishes to a… — Dean Koontz
He said that people who loved [animals] to excess were capable of the worst cruelties toward human beings. He said that dogs were not loyal… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred.… — Barack Obama
Deeply buried in the mind, there lies a mechanism that accepts what the mind experiences as beautiful and pleasant and rejects those experiences that are… — Henepola Gunaratana
many people must be ruled to thrive. In their selfishness and greed, they see free people as their oppressors. They wish to have a leader… — Terry Goodkind
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit and the vermin of the world inhabit it and its morals aren't worth what… — Stephen Sondheim
Enter, stranger, but take heed Of what awaits the sin of greed, For those who take, but do not earn, Must pay most dearly in… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Wishing is the beginning of imagination. They practice wishing when they are young things, and then -when they have grown - they have a developed… — Gregory Maguire
Either greed belongs in a war zone, or it doesn't. You can't unleash it in the name of sparking an economic boom and then be… — Naomi Klein
A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death - the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice,… — Czeslaw Milosz
People are never satisfied. If they have a little, they want more. If they have a lot, they want still more. Once they have more,… — Paulo Coelho
There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. A life of good days lived in the… — Annie Dillard
If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.

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