Greed Quotes

958 Greed quotes by 688 unique authors

In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy. — Matt Taibbi
See, ma'am, frankly speaking this problem can't be solved by us police or military. The problem with these tribals is they don't understand greed. Unless… — Arundhati Roy
but what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for… — Terry Pratchett
Right now I am full of greed and vanity, so I cannot live with you like before. But may be we can meet like this.… — Ai Yazawa
You've certainly mellowed out... you used to be fun, full of life and emotion. Lust, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony, Envy, Wrath, and Pride. Of course, excessive… — Hiromu Arakawa
Everything - our houses, our clothes, our hairstyles - is meant to help us forget ourselves and to protect us from vanity, greed and envy,… — Veronica Roth
War makes monsters of men, you once said to me Todd. Well, so does too much knowledge. Too much knowledge of your fellow man, too… — Patrick Ness
The vice I am talking of is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility...According to Christian teachers,… — C.S. Lewis
Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience all the more ominous and symptomatic as we enter… — Gore Vidal
A house built on greed cannot long endure. — Edward Abbey
No man is more cheated than the selfish man. — Henry Ward Beecher
These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and, instead of lifting their eyes to the God of… — John Muir
She devoured stories with rapacious greed, ranks of black marks on white, sorting themselves into mountains and trees, stars, moons and suns, dragons, dwarfs, and… — A. S. Byatt
Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles. — Harry S. Truman
Until a few months ago we had a code of honor, and even the worst ruffians behaved with decency. You could leave your gold in… — Isabel Allende
Going into our fear and confronting our greed, our weaknesses, our neediness is the way out. And the way out is through the mind, by… — Robert Kiyosaki
They say great times make great men. I don't buy it. I saw a lot of weakness, a lot of filth. People who should have… — Max Brooks
He grinned. “I was trying to remember all the deadly sins the other day,” he said. “Greed,envy, gluttony, irony, pedantry…” “I’m pretty sure irony isn’t… — Cassandra Clare
No matter how many toys we amass we leave them behind when we die, just as we leave a broken environment, an economy that only… — John Perkins
My decision not to eat animals anymore was paramount to my growth as a spiritual person. It made me aware of greed and made me… — Portia de Rossi
There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear..." he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the… — Ally Carter
How shrunk, how dwindled, in our times Creation's mighty seed - For Man has broke the Fellowship With murder, lust, and greed. — Margaret Atwood
Greed and desire Not peace, but fire Coveting creation Created damnation Pulled alongside A gate thrown too wide Now our home calls And darkness fall… — Kiersten White
I fear just one thing : Money! Greed was what motivated Judas to sell Jesus — Mother Teresa
I smiled at the giant. “Actually, Cacus, I have another secret weapon.” The giant’s eyes lit up with greed. “Another weapon? I will steal it!… — Rick Riordan

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