Greed Quotes

“Why is it that so many people think all the answers are in their wallet?”
― Stephen King, Needful Things

“There was somewhere, if you knew where to find it, some place where money could be made like drawing water from a well, some Big Rock Candy Mountain where life was effortless and rich and unrestricted and full of adventure and action, where something could be had for nothing.”
― Wallace Stegner, The Big Rock Candy Mountain

“Wars and revolutions and battles, you see, are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.”
― Plato, Phaedo

“Instead of loving people and using money, people often love money and use people.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“There are no unique postures and times and limitations that restrict our access to God. My relationship with God is intimate and personal. The Christian does not go to the temple to worship. The Christian takes the temple with him or her. Jesus lifts us beyond the building and pays the human body the highest compliment by making it His dwelling place, the place where He meets with us. Even today He would overturn the tables of those who make it a marketplace for their own lust, greed and wealth.”
― Ravi Zacharias, Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message

“The world is already yours - why try to conquer it?”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Човек може да живее еднакво добре с десет или сто милиона зад гърба си. Защо притежателите им изпитват тоя безумен порив да прибавят още към тях?”
― Dimitar Dimov, Тютюн

“Peace is a fruit of the Spirit, not the byproduct of accumulated wealth.”
― Andy Stanley, Enemies of the Heart: Breaking Free from the Four Emotions That Control You

“Love is responsible for nearly every kind of insanity in the world though greed, vanity, and pure meanness contribute their portion to general misery.”
― P.N. Elrod, Dark and Stormy Knights

“Дори най-честните съдии развързват очите на Темида, когато разглеждат дело за тридесет милиона.”
― Dimitar Dimov, Тютюн

“They again kissed each other and fell asleep. The patch of light on the ceiling now seemed to be assuming the shape of a terrified eye, that stared wildly and fixedly upon the pale, slumbering couple who reeked with crime beneath their very sheets, and dreamt they could see a rain of blood falling in big drops, which turned into golden coins as they plashed upon the floor.”
― Émile Zola, The Fortune of the Rougons

“Greed is supported by an endless cast of what-ifs. Greedy people can never have enough to satisfy the need they feel in light of every conceivable eventuality.”
― Andy Stanley, Enemies of the Heart: Breaking Free from the Four Emotions That Control You

“Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human promises? That is a peculiar condition of society which enables a whole nation to instantly recognize point and meaning in the familiar newspaper anecdote, which puts into the mouth of a distinguished speculator in lands and mines this remark: 'I wasn't worth a cent two years ago, and now I owe two millions of dollars.”
― Mark Twain, The Gilded Age

“I did NOT have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.”
― Imelda Marcos

“Better to be happy with the cod fish in your plate now, than to linger for the taste of a tuna that is still swimming in the sea.”
― Dennis E. Adonis

“The only way to the top is killing and greed. Okay, I’m kidding. But killing helps.”
― Douglas Coupland, JPod

“There are men who dig for gold; [Monseigneur Bienvenu] dug for compassion.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“No one would argue that we owe a debt of gratitude to the Goliath Corporation. They helped us to rebuild after the Second War and it should not be forgotten. Of late, however, it seems as though the Goliath Corporation is falling far short of its promises of fairness and altruism. We are finding ourselves now in the unfortunate position of continuing to pay back a debt that has long since been paid--with interest...”
― Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair

“Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need.”
― Randy Alcorn, Money, Possessions, and Eternity: A Comprehensive Guide to What the Bible Says about Financial Stewardship, Generosity, Materialism, Retirement, Financial Planning, Gambling, Debt, and More

“In fifteen hundred years someone will figure out a way to squeeze black juice out of the yellow sand, and that will get everyone very excited. Some people who were rich already will get a lot richer, and some people who were poor will be told that they're richer but will be pretty sure they're not.”
― Louise Carey, The Steel Seraglio

“I liked this rich lifestyle, but I loved the poor lifestyle better. The less money people had, the less greedy they seemed to be. The people who lived around our flocks seemed to always love everyone around them. Even though they aren’t always happy and can’t always afford the bills, they are still glad to be alive.”
― Shannon A. Thompson, November Snow

“Wouldn't it be nice, for once, to find a world which was at peace with itself. No matter how always those few wanted more than others. Those not satisfied with running their own lives but wishing to have power over the lives of the others. Greedy people. Greedy for wealth, or power or both.”
― Garry Kilworth, The Wizard of Woodworld

“Brad Green, almost overnight, became the poster boy for the common Wall Street tale - proving once again that greed, most definitely, kills. Giving away about 99% of his fortune was also front page news, but Green barely blinked at having to scrape by with only $200 million. The government seized all five of his homes, his three boats, two jets, a helicopter, 14 cars, and all of his assets except the $200 million he stashed for a rainy day in an offshore bank account.”
― Phil Wohl, Organic Nation

“A motto of many politicians, public servants and money bags: Ask not 'What can I do for you?' but 'What can I do you for?”
― H.M. Forester

“Pah…commoners, traders." Ergus made a disparaging gesture.

Traders with money, Ergus. Money they put at the disposition of young Tanahkos," Lmachdan said in a dry tone. "Money that turns into soldiers. Soldiers who are used to extort tribute from us. Tribute that is turned into more soldiers. The warlord has a good thing going, I'll say that for him.”
― Andrew Ashling, The Invisible Hands - Part 2: Castling

“Pride has traditionally been regarded as the foremost of the Seven Deadly Sins, but it has rather obviously been overtaken by Greed.”
― James Carlos Blake

“Wealth is neither an ends nor a means, it is a symptom.”
― Christopher Dutton

“The pain and shame felt are unknown to those with planned vacations. They know not of the tsunami that rescinded the homes, goals, and hopes of its victims—swallowed by the sea of greed.”
― John-Talmage Mathis, For the (soon) unemployed: You Against Them

“The greedy bastard, thought Weintî. He knows perfectly well that twenty shekels is the going rate for a female household slave of my age.”
― Betty Cross, Mistress of the Topaz

“Another misconception is that desires are insatiable. Admittedly, for the small segment of society that is clinically deranged, this statement may not hold true. But for those seeking riches, pleasure, or power, too much of a good thing dulls the appetite.” – Jeremy Lyons [Survival of the Fittest]”
― Marvin H. McIntyre, Inside Out