Greed Quotes

958 Greed quotes by 688 unique authors

Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give. — Amy Lowell
If a man's aspirations towards a righteous life are serious.. .if he earnestly and sincerely seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is… — Leo Tolstoy
People who are tired of K Street corruption and Wall Street greed are ready for Main Street Values. — Mike Huckabee
Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to… — Philip Roth
White folks' greed runs a world in need. — Jeremiah Wright
The earth has everything for all human needs, but nothing for his greed. — Mahatma Gandhi
World has things which full fill man needs, but not greeds. — Mahatma Gandhi
He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing . — Epicurus
So, never be afraid. Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed. If you,… — William Faulkner
But at a certain point, and I don't really know... people have asked me this. I don't know exactly what it was that pushed me… — Peter Bogdanovich
The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. It has pity neither for… — Rabindranath Tagore
In his love for the world, the greedy is like the silkworm: the more it wraps in its cocoon, the less it has of escaping… — Muhammad al-Baqir
Strikes deeper, grows with more pernicious root. — William Shakespeare
Greed will always leave you dissatisfied because you'll never be able to get everything you desire. Greed never allows you to think you have enough;… — Unknown Author
When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it. — Baltasar Gracian
The terrible, cold, cruel part is Wall Street. Rivers of gold flow there from all over the earth, and death comes with it. There, as… — Federico Garcia Lorca
Purposeless activity may be a phase of death. — Pearl S. Buck
Possessions are usually diminished by possession. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The man who pets a lion may tame it, but the man who coddles the body makes it ravenous. — John Climacus
All earthly joy begins pleasantly, but at the end it gnaws and kills. — Thomas a Kempis
It's a cultural disability in America that we worship pleasure, leisure, and affluence. I think the church is doubly damned when they use Jesus as… — Rich Mullins
The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world. — B. C. Forbes
Those who own much have much to fear. — Rabindranath Tagore
Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate; has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. — Charlie Chaplin
The Gesundheit Institute is a pie in the face of greed - by taking the most expensive thing in America, health care, and giving it… — Patch Adams

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