Greed Quotes

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you ne...

I'm fat because I'm greedy, and if my mind is fat it's because I'm curious.

Why is it that so many people think all the answers are in their wallet?

It didn´t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is ...

Ambition if it feeds at all does so on the ambition of others.

When you stopped to think about it, he reflected, there weren't many things in life one truly needed...

There was no safety. There was no pride. All there was, was money. Everything became money, and mone...

[A]nd you may know how little God thinks of money by observing on what bad and contemptible characte...

Or can it be thought that they who heap up an useless mass of wealth, not for any use that it is to ...

The Utopians wonder how any man should be so much taken with the glaring doubtful lustre of a jewel ...

Income from labor [in the United States] is about as unequally distributed as has ever been observed...

All told, over the period 1932-1980, nearly half a century, the top federal income tax rate in the U...

Among the many other questions raised by the nebulous concept of “greed” is why it is a term applied...

The quality of one's emotional life changes over the years, doesn't it? But the basic instincts and ...

What is morality? It is not the following of enjoined rules of conduct. It is not a question of stan...

With ceremony, with forms of politeness and reassurance, they borrowed the waters of the River and i...

The quality of the will to power is, precisely, growth. Achievement is its cancellation. To be, the ...

Love that wants only to get, to possess, is a monstrous thing

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

...we have something they want. Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and th...

Genuflection before the idol or the dollar destroys the muscles which walk and the will that moves.

Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.

The best is the enemy of good.

There was somewhere, if you knew where to find it, some place where money could be made like drawing...

I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fear...

Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful

The most alarming sign of the state of our society now is that our leaders have the courage to sacri...

This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being...

Things joined by profit, when pressed by misfortune and danger, will cast each other aside.

We already have - thanks to technology, development, skills, the efficiency of our work - enough res...

This was the time when the rush for the spoils filled a corner of the forest with the yelping of hou...

They again kissed each other and fell asleep. The patch of light on the ceiling now seemed to be ass...

Millions cheer the warriorspilling blood across the ringwhile the one who stands for peaceis ridicul...

Much wants more and loses all.

He had allowed the advertisers to multiply his wants; he had learned to equate happiness with posses...

When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.

When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.

...they are dazzled by all the money that they are being offered. That is what money does, Mma Ramot...

We may see the small Value God has for Riches, by the People he gives the

Ah, Caderousse,' said Andrea, 'how covetous you are! Two months ago you were dying with hunger.''The...

​Whatever we are given is supposed to be given away, not kept.

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discov...

Idle Jeffrey, when asking his cousin for money: "I fear I have not a mercenary tendency." The Chance...

Corruption,' Jordan Belfort believes, 'is endemic to human being. I mean, even men in monasteries - ...

Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only prais...

You [demagogues] are like the fishers for eels; in still waters they catch nothing, but if they thor...

[Y]ou possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrai...

Holmes took up the stone and held it against the light. "It's a bonny thing," said he. "Just see how...

Most of the time common stocks are subject to irrational and excessive price fluctuations in both di...

Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street...

This was 1990 the year that communism died in Europe and it seemed strange to me that in all the wor...

Envy and greed always—always—exact a terrible price. I have never met an envious or greedy person wh...

The Bible warns us against greed and selfishness, it does encourage frugality and thrift.

The Bible sees greed as a form of idolatry, because a greedy person worships things instead of God. ...

Envy and greed starve on a steady diet of thanksgiving.

Everything that we see about us that we count is our possessions only comprises a loan from God, and...

Life is not a matter of dollars and cents, houses and lands, earning capacity and financial achievem...

What is the authority in your life? Is it your selfishness? Your lust? Your greed? Or have you turne...

We have seen the results of unrestrained greed, corruption, and manipulation on Wall Street, financi...

Greed is an unreasonable or all-absorbing desire to acquire things or wealth. One test of greed is t...

We need to be on guard against greed . . . above all we need to make sure our lives are centered in ...

It is not wrong to want to work and earn a decent living; in fact, God has given work to us. But thi...

Envy and greed always—always—exact a terrible price. I have never met an envious or greedy person wh...

The Bible warns us against greed and selfishness, it does encourage frugality and thrift.

The Bible sees greed as a form of idolatry, because a greedy person worships things instead of God. ...

Envy and greed starve on a steady diet of thanksgiving.

Everything that we see about us that we count is our possessions only comprises a loan from God, and...

Life is not a matter of dollars and cents, houses and lands, earning capacity and financial achievem...

What is the authority in your life? Is it your selfishness? Your lust? Your greed? Or have you turne...

We have seen the results of unrestrained greed, corruption, and manipulation on Wall Street, financi...

Greed is an unreasonable or all-absorbing desire to acquire things or wealth. One test of greed is t...

We need to be on guard against greed . . . above all we need to make sure our lives are centered in ...

It is not wrong to want to work and earn a decent living; in fact, God has given work to us. But thi...

Envy and greed always—always—exact a terrible price. I have never met an envious or greedy person wh...

The Bible warns us against greed and selfishness, it does encourage frugality and thrift.

The Bible sees greed as a form of idolatry, because a greedy person worships things instead of God. ...

Envy and greed starve on a steady diet of thanksgiving.

Everything that we see about us that we count is our possessions only comprises a loan from God, and...

Life is not a matter of dollars and cents, houses and lands, earning capacity and financial achievem...

What is the authority in your life? Is it your selfishness? Your lust? Your greed? Or have you turne...

We have seen the results of unrestrained greed, corruption, and manipulation on Wall Street, financi...

Greed is an unreasonable or all-absorbing desire to acquire things or wealth. One test of greed is t...

We need to be on guard against greed . . . above all we need to make sure our lives are centered in ...

It is not wrong to want to work and earn a decent living; in fact, God has given work to us. But thi...

Envy and greed always—always—exact a terrible price. I have never met an envious or greedy person wh...

The Bible warns us against greed and selfishness, it does encourage frugality and thrift.

The Bible sees greed as a form of idolatry, because a greedy person worships things instead of God. ...

Envy and greed starve on a steady diet of thanksgiving.

Everything that we see about us that we count is our possessions only comprises a loan from God, and...

Life is not a matter of dollars and cents, houses and lands, earning capacity and financial achievem...

What is the authority in your life? Is it your selfishness? Your lust? Your greed? Or have you turne...

We have seen the results of unrestrained greed, corruption, and manipulation on Wall Street, financi...

Greed is an unreasonable or all-absorbing desire to acquire things or wealth. One test of greed is t...

We need to be on guard against greed . . . above all we need to make sure our lives are centered in ...

It is not wrong to want to work and earn a decent living; in fact, God has given work to us. But thi...

Envy and greed always—always—exact a terrible price. I have never met an envious or greedy person wh...

The Bible warns us against greed and selfishness, it does encourage frugality and thrift.

The Bible sees greed as a form of idolatry, because a greedy person worships things instead of God. ...

Envy and greed starve on a steady diet of thanksgiving.