Greed Quotes

958 Greed quotes by 688 unique authors

A pin lies in wait for every bubble. And when the two eventually meet, a new wave of investors learns some very old lessons: First,… — Warren Buffett
You know what they want? They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork.… — George Carlin
The nature of any human being, certainly anyone on Wall Street, is 'the better deal you give the customer, the worse deal it is for… — Bernard Madoff
You had a lot of novice investors who got into the market looking for easy money, without any regard to the fundamentals. These stocks were… — Bernard Madoff
I don't mind paying people more for something if we're getting more. But just to change a deal because you're greedy and you want more?… — Vince McMahon
I pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. We're going to be successful, but the basis is a very low-wage, low-benefit model of… — Sam Walton
A great swindle of our time is the assumption that science has made religion obsolete. All science has damaged is the story of Adam and… — Kurt Vonnegut
Suddenly I find myself feeling sorry for those greedy, needy people whose huge salaries are never quite enough, whose sense of worth is defined by… — Terence Blacker
Greed is gross. Greed is vile. Greed sucks. — Unknown Author
It was the kind of blind, gulping, insensate greed that you associate with some milk-eyed creature in a volcanic fissure at the bottom of the… — Boris Johnson
For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis is not only bad taste, it's bad… — Barack Obama
Greed-for lack of a better word-is good. Greed is right. Greed works. — Oliver Stone
The fact that people will be full of greed, fear, or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable. — Warren Buffett
What kind of society isn't structured on greed? — Milton Friedman
Laissez-faire, supply and demand-one begins to be weary of all that. Leave all to egotism, to ravenous greed of money, of pleasure, of applause-it is… — Thomas Carlyle
Politics - I don't know why, but they seem to have a tendency to separate us, to keep us from one another, while nature is… — Sean O'Casey
Greed has no boundaries — Aristotle
If a wave of service sweeps over the land, catching everyone in its enthusiasm, it will be able to wipe off the mounds of hatred,… — Sathya Sai Baba
Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude. — Saint John Chrysostom
Buddha introduced the idea that young people should become sannyasins. Then it is something significant. When a young person goes beyond sex, when a young… — Rajneesh
There is no fire like greed, No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger of heart, And no joy like the… — Gautama Buddha
When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of water from a… — Gautama Buddha
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed. — Gautama Buddha
From eating meat arrogance is born, from arrogance erroneous imaginations issue, and from imagination is born greed; and for this reason refrain from eating meat. — Gautama Buddha
The dark ghettos are social, political, educational and-above all-economic colonies. Their inhabitants are subject peoples, victims of the greed, cruelty, insensitivity, guilt, and fear of… — Kenneth Clarke

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