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Greed Quotes

Greed and lust I can understand, but I can't understand the values of definition and confinement. Definition destroys. Besides, there's nothing definite in this world.

The fact that people will be full of greed, fear or folly is predictable.The sequence is not predictable.

Failure comes from ego, greed, envy, fear, imitation. I have success not because I am smart, but because I am rational.

Be fearful when there is greed and be greedy when there is fear.

The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls, hasbarricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.

I sit on a man's back, choking him, and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by any means possible, except getting off his back.

Money is therefore not only the object but also the fountainhead of greed.

There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.

I fear just one thing : Money! Greed was what motivated Judas to sell Jesus.

The world is big enough to satisfy everyones needs, but will always be too small to satisfy everyones greed.

Man is oftentimes weak-minded enough to be caught in the snare of greed and honeyed words.

Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed. The fight for corruption-free ethical society will have to be fought against this greed and replace it with 'what can I give' spirit.

Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.