Greed Quotes

958 Greed quotes by 688 unique authors

We queers of Revelation hill...died of the greed of power, because we were expendable. If you mean to visit any of us, it had better… — Paul Monette
Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. — Stephen King
What I saw next stopped me dead in my tracks. Books. Not just one or two dozen, but hundreds of them. In crates. In piles… — Jennifer Donnelly
Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If… — Thomas Merton
The greed for fruit misses the flower. — Rabindranath Tagore
The human heart is greedy; it will use religion, color, or any other excuse to justify its greed. Blame the human heart. — Unknown Author
no one wanted to look at the common evils of society. Very few were willing to put aside their own pursuit of happiness long enough… — Ted Dekker
Greed (as Ling): You humans always get all "holier-than-thou" when it comes to this stuff... I really don't get you. Edward: It's called having integrity.… — Hiromu Arakawa
There was no more good or evil in this world than we imagine there to be, either out of greed or out of innocence. Or… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you… — Charles Spurgeon
Miracles, contrary to popular belief, do not just happen. A miracle is the achievement of the impossible, and it is only when we put aside… — Julie Andrews
Greed and selfishness do seem to be central motivators of mankind. — Raymond Khoury
For my omniscience paid I toll In infinite remorse of soul. All sin was of my sinning, all Atoning mine, and mine the gall Of… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
One is never wholly conscious of the greed hidden in one's heart until one hears the sweet sound of silver. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Cash is always the deciding factor in such matters of moral politics; nothing ever gets done unless motivated by commerce or greed. — Jasper Fforde
Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast… — Friedrich Nietzsche
If it wasn't for good," my mother says, "we human beings would have been wiped out a long time ago. Either the monsters would have… — Joseph Bruchac
My New Year’s Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memories,… — Patricia Highsmith
But we still find the world astounding, we can't get enough of it; even as it shrivels, even as its many lights flicker and are… — Margaret Atwood
Our first computers were born not out of greed or ego, but in the revolutionary spirit of helping common people rise above the most powerful… — Steve Wozniak
In history there are no control groups. There is no one to tell us what might have been. We weep over the might have been,… — Cormac McCarthy
It didn´t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed. — Stephen King
Greed is not defined by what something costs; it is measured by what it costs you. If anything costs you your faith or your family,… — Max Lucado
No purpose intervenes between I and You, no greed and no anticipation; and longing itself is changed as it plunges from the dream into appearance.… — Martin Buber
Perhaps all our troubles - all the violence, obesity, illness, depression, and greed we can't overcome - began when we stopped living as Running People.… — Christopher McDougall

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