Greedy Quotes

334 Greedy quotes by 278 unique authors

What assurance have we that our masters will or can keep the promise which induced us to sell ourselves? Let us not be deceived by… — C.S. Lewis
Herein lies a riddle: How can a people so gifted by God become so seduced by naked power, so greedy for money, so addicted to… — Philip Berrigan
Only rarely do we see beyond the needs of humanity, and he linked this blindness to our Christian and humanist infrastructure. It arose 2,000 years… — James Lovelock
Then the hard, dry Spaniards came exploring through, greedy and realistic, and their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they collected… — John Steinbeck
When a monk goes away from the world, he goes fighting with it. it is not a relaxed going. His whole being is pulled towards… — Rajneesh
I am a greedy actor in the sense that I like the big bites. Put a big fat steak in front of me, and I… — Tyne Daly
Failure makes us envious. Success makes us greedy. — Mason Cooley
I think maybe when you live with someone who is really very ill for a long time, it somehow gives you more of a greedy… — Nigella Lawson
I've always been a bit of a decorator. I think if I wasn't a singer I'd probably be in stage setting or interior design or… — Florence Welch
No one's fearful, everyone's greedy, and it will eventually end. — Bill Gurley
There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn't greedy. It was mine,… — J. Cole
In the political language of today, people who want to keep what they have earned are said to be greedy, while those who wish to… — Thomas Sowell
The vocabulary of the political left is fascinating. For example, it is considered to be 'materialistic' and 'greedy' to want to keep what you have… — Thomas Sowell
It's true that private enterprise is extremely flexible, But its only good within very narrow limits. If private enterprise isn't held in an iron grip… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The bounty of nature is too little for the greedy person. — Seneca the Younger
If you are honest, hardworking, reasonably intelligent and have good common sense, you can do well in the investment field as long as you are… — Walter Schloss
Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds. — Ingrid Newkirk
As the farmer said, "I'm not greedy, all I want is the land next to mine. — Laurence J. Peter
People who are greedy have extraordinary capacities for waste-they must, they take in too much. — Norman Mailer
I'm greedy and ambitious like everybody else. — David Mamet
The clergy [in the 14th century] on the whole were probably no more lecherous or greedy or untrustworthy than other men, but because they were… — Barbara Tuchman
I have achieved a lot and I'm grateful for that - I'm just a bit greedy because I want to add the Olympics. It's once… — Paula Radcliffe
In tennis it's easy to get greedy - and one Grand Slam doesn't feel enough any more. — Samantha Stosur
Peace is not something you fight for With bombs and missiles that kill, Nor can it be won in a "battle of words" One fashions… — Helen Steiner Rice
Of myself I must say this, I never was any greedy, scraping grasper, nor a strait fast-holding prince, nor yet a master; my heart was… — Elizabeth I

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