Greedy Quote by Josh Lanyon

He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather cold hearted, and rather selfish, is to be ill-disposed…

— Jane Austen

The problem was money and the indignities of life without it. Every stroller, cell phone, Yankees cap, and SUV he saw was a torment.…

— Jonathan Franzen

And yet there was something about his strength, his arrogance, his sheer size that got under my skin. He probably couldn't even spell vanilla.…

— Josh Lanyon

He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed...

— Anonymous

He lacked tenderness; he was rude; and he had more than a streak of cruelty in him; he was a thief and a liar.…

— Daphne du Maurier

He stole horses' you'll say to yourself, 'and he didn't care for women; and but for my pride I'd have been with him now.

— Daphne du Maurier

There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.

— George Herbert

Maybe selflessness was only selfishness on another level.

— Margaret Landon

And he writhed inside at what seemed the cruelty and unfairness of the demand. He had not yet learned that if you do one…

— Anonymous

Notwithstanding his very liberal laudation of himself, however, the Major was selfish. It may be doubted whether there ever was a more entirely selfish…

— Charles Dickens

He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great…

— John Barrymore

“When no one was watching, he allowed himself a moment of self-pity. Maybe this was all he deserved, to be used and discarded like…

— Barbara Elsborg