Greed Quotes

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual. William Graham Sumner
Financial Men Greed Other Crimes Say Fraud Cases Perpetual Selfishness Undoubtedly Connection Each Things
We did not find it difficult to deal with Bush and his administration, because it is similar to regimes in our countries - both types include many who are full of arrogance and greed. Osama bin Laden
Arrogance Greed Difficult Types Our Administration Find Similar Both Countries Because Deal His Did Regimes Bush Full Who Many Include
A newspaper is a public trust, and we will suffer as a society without them. It is not the Internet that has killed them. It is their own greed, it is their own stupidity, and it is capitalism that has taken our daily newspapers from us. Michael Moore
Daily Capitalism Trust Stupidity Internet Will Greed Own Society Our Taken Without Public Them Newspaper Newspapers Us Public Trust Suffer
Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less. Aaron Swartz
Greed Corporations Would Laws Shareholders Operate Blinded Course Revolt Anything Which Require Less Large
Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist. Andrew Weil
Human Being Fear Greed Virtually Direction Potent Both Push Forces Same Same Direction Human Being Resist
Greed and globalization aren't just America's fault. Arlo Guthrie
Fault Greed Globalization America Just
Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing. Ben Stein
Nature Animal Greed Nothing Eating Part Like Being Against Breathing Means Basic
Most of the time common stocks are subject to irrational and excessive price fluctuations in both directions as the consequence of the ingrained tendency of most people to speculate or gamble... to give way to hope, fear and greed. Benjamin Graham
Hope Time People Fear Greed Way Give Directions Both Tendency Price Excessive Most Subject Stocks Irrational Common Ingrained Gamble Speculate Consequence
Deregulation created this epidemic of greed which according to the rules of capitalism was OK. Beyond that there was criminal behaviour. There have been no repercussions and it's hard to make your peace with. Brad Pitt
Capitalism Peace Greed Criminal Rules OK Beyond Make Been Repercussions According Behaviour Which Epidemic Created Deregulation Your Hard
By the 1980s, businesses had realized that environmental issues had a price tag. Increasingly, they balked. Reflexively, the anticorporate Left pivoted; Earth Day, erstwhile snow job, became an opportunity to denounce capitalist greed. Charles C. Mann
Environmental Day Opportunity Job Greed Increasingly Earth Earth Day Tag Price Had Environmental Issues Became Issues Denounce Left Snow Realized Capitalist Businesses
Ted Geisel was trying to make a statement about awareness and personal responsibility. He was very clear about that. But the ideas and themes in 'The Lorax' go beyond a love of trees. It's also a story about the dangers of greed and the power of redemption. That's what makes it a timeless tale. Chris Meledandri
Love Responsibility Power Greed Awareness Trees Statement Dangers About He Clear Tale Beyond Ideas Also Make Redemption Makes Go Timeless Very Trying Personal Personal Responsibility Story Themes Ted
There is a greed case for diversity. Diverse perspectives bring us into markets we didn't know existed. Chris Sacca
Diversity Greed Markets Case Diverse Know Existed Us Perspectives Bring
We can't allow any war for imperialism or greed to be fought in our names. This is what we need to keep fighting for. Cindy Sheehan
War Greed Fighting Our Imperialism Allow Names Any Fought Keep Need
I have nothing against rich brothers and sisters. Pray for 'em every day. But callousness and indifference, greed and avarice is something that's shot through all of us. Cornel West
Day Every Day Greed Rich Nothing Every Brothers Brothers And Sisters Indifference Something Through Pray Pray For Sisters Against Avarice Us Shot
We want to bear witness today that we know the relation between corporate greed and what goes on too often in the Supreme Court decisions. Cornel West
Today Witness Greed Too Relation Corporate Bear Between Know Supreme Supreme Court Court Goes Often Want Decisions
The opposite of corporate greed is personal generosity. Government policies that enable the former and prevent the latter are both worthy of protest. Cynthia Dill
Government Greed Corporate Latter Worthy Prevent Both Generosity Policies Protest Enable Opposite Government Policies Personal Former
Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear. Cyril Connolly
Love Fear Greed Kind Like Comfort
Moliere exaggerates common vices of mankind: lust, greed, misanthropy, hypocrisy. We all have a touch of these. Dakin Matthews
Hypocrisy Greed Lust Exaggerate Touch Common Vices Mankind
I didn't do it because of the underlying greed that's prevailing, but it is about greed, doing the right thing at the right time using your clout when you have it and what for and what reason. Danny DeVito
Time You Doing The Right Thing Greed Right Thing Right Time About Prevailing Underlying Because Doing The Right Thing Clout Your Reason Using Right Thing
I used to get in trouble with my old agent, because I've never been driven by fear or need or greed. I want my work to represent me as a person, so I can be quite fussy. Darren Boyd
Work Me Fear Old Trouble Greed Fussy Driven Never Because Been Person Get Quite Represent Want Agent Used Need
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power). Dawn Powell
Love Death War Man Comedy Power Greed Lust Vanity Tragedy Disease Against Helplessness Basis
Wall Street is broken for sure because it succumbed to greed and corruption and pure speculation with no values. Deepak Chopra
Broken Corruption Values Pure Greed Sure Because Wall Wall Street Succumbed Street Speculation
They have stolen the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on forty millions of people, who have natural resources to feed, clothe and shelter the whole human race. Denis Kearney
Natural People Greed Resources Crisis Distress Unparalleled Unprincipled Brought Feed Shelter Stolen Human Public Race Natural Resources Themselves Lands Public Lands Forty Who Human Race Grasped Whole Millions Millions Of People
People talk about Wall Street greed, but one of the things many people don't understand is that there are a lot of organizations that have been the recipient of largess from the same Wall Street. Geoffrey Canada
People Greed Recipient One Of The Things About Talk Understand Been Lot Wall Wall Street Same Organizations Many Street Things
Everything I had been taught to regard as a vice - and I still regard them as vices - under Thatcherism was in fact a virtue: Greed, selfishness, no care for the weaker, sharp elbows, sharp knees. Glenda Jackson
Care Greed Virtue Everything Weaker Fact Had Knees Sharp Still Been Selfishness Taught In Fact Vice Regard Vices Elbows Them
Buddhism talks about the possibility of transforming greed, hatred, and delusion. But sometimes need turns into greed. Jack Kornfield
Sometimes Hatred Greed Possibility About Delusion Buddhism Talks Transforming Turns Need
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