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Greed Quotes

The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual’s greed for power and the electorates’ desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment Picture Quote #1

In any restaurant, my eyes alight first, as if by an atavistic pull, on the meat dishes on the menu. In any dinner party I throw, I think of the non-vegetarian dish as central. I view this as a combination of weakness, greed and moral failure. Someone please help Picture Quote #1

Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions Picture Quote #1

I have vanity and greed enough for one person. But at the same time, I feel in my bones you lose a lot of life’s value if you don’t see yourself as a member of the family of man Picture Quote #1

It’s all about greed and money and it’s the driving force in Hollywood Picture Quote #1

When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of water from a lotus leaf Picture Quote #1

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Unrestrained greed means the ruin of the great woods and the drying up of the sources of the rivers Picture Quote #1

The easiest way to combat greed is by recognizing the value of contentment and simplicity Picture Quote #1

Life is easy, life is delightful. It’s only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings Picture Quote #1

You’ve got to drop something. You’ve got to drop illusions. You don’t have to add anything in order to be happy; you’ve got to drop something. Life is easy, life is delightful. It’s only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings Picture Quote #1

Liberation didn’t solve anything. It just opened up the doors to greed. Some people mix up sex now as if they were eating or drinking like crazy Picture Quote #1

Capitalism is an organized system to guarantee that greed becomes the primary force of our economic system and allows the few at the top to get very wealthy and has the rest of us riding around thinking we can be that way, too - if we just work hard enough, sell enough Tupperware and Amway products, we can get a pink Cadillac Picture Quote #1

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We need to move beyond the demonisation of overpaid traders ... In finance and economics, ill-designed policy is a more powerful force for harm than individual greed or error Picture Quote #1

The agrarian crisis [in India] is an unnecessary tragedy, resulting directly from an economics of greed and a politics driven by the economies of greed Picture Quote #1

Each of us needs to eliminate our anger, fear and greed. The roots of social conflicts and political tensions are in personal anger, fear and greed Picture Quote #1

The greed of the billionaire class has got to end and we are going to end it for them Picture Quote #1

There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one’s own greed Picture Quote #1

Ignorance and greed are part of the evolutionary process, which is just to say that mistakes are part of learning. There is nothing bad about behaviors or perceptions that do not work; they simply have to be given up and replaced by behaviors or perceptions that do work Picture Quote #1

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Greed squeezes your dreams into a portable size, so that failure can easily carry them to dump somewhere Picture Quote #1

I believe in the sun. In the tangle of human failures of fear, greed and forgetfulness, the sun gives me clarity Picture Quote #1

People’s lives are forever controlled by two emotions: fear and greed Picture Quote #1

The 2008 financial crisis is usually attributed to vampire squid greed. There was certainly a lot of that. But it was also just as likely to have been caused by the chaos of process created by those big, sexy bank mergers when, in the name of ‘economies of scale,’ critical members of the trust and responsibility chain were cavalierly eliminated Picture Quote #1

There is a lesson there about greed and it is a lesson I am willing to learn as well. Has it made me a distrustful person? I don’t think so. But we probably look a bit more carefully at our financial situation now Picture Quote #1

The moral angle to the foreclosure crisis - and, of course, in capitalism we’re not supposed to be concerned with the moral stuff, but let’s mention it anyway - shows a culture that is slowly giving in to a futuristic nightmare ideology of computerized greed and unchecked financial violence Picture Quote #1

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It’s a familiar truism that at any one moment, financial markets are dominated by either fear or greed. But the healthiest markets are those that are animated by both fear and greed at the same time Picture Quote #1

Foolish people are never harmless. Stupidity accounts for as many crimes as anger and greed Picture Quote #1

SIMPLICITY is practicing a lifestyle that is increasingly free of excess, greed, covetousness, and other forms of dependence on the things of this world. The Holy Spirit works through simplicity to release spiritual gifts such as hospitality, mercy, and giving... to live free of anxiety, and to better take care of this Earth Picture Quote #1

No great advancement has ever been kept at bay because of ideology, nor greed. Eventually progress moves us forward Picture Quote #1

When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed. He said, ‘Look, here’s what happened.’ Picture Quote #1

Free markets and capitalism are predicated upon the definition of greed as altruistic in economics.~R. Alan Woods [2012] Picture Quote #1

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The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual’s greed for power and the electorates’ desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment. (Greed Quotes) In any restaurant, my eyes alight first, as if by an atavistic pull, on the meat dishes on the menu. In any dinner party I throw, I think of the non-vegetarian dish as central. I view this as a combination of weakness, greed and moral failure. Someone please help. (Greed Quotes) Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions. (Greed Quotes) I have vanity and greed enough for one person. But at the same time, I feel in my bones you lose a lot of life’s value if you don’t see yourself as a member of the family of man. (Greed Quotes) It’s all about greed and money and it’s the driving force in Hollywood (Greed Quotes) When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of water from a lotus leaf. (Greed Quotes) Unrestrained greed means the ruin of the great woods and the drying up of the sources of the rivers. (Greed Quotes) The easiest way to combat greed is by recognizing the value of contentment and simplicity (Greed Quotes) Life is easy, life is delightful. It’s only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings. (Greed Quotes) You’ve got to drop something. You’ve got to drop illusions. You don’t have to add anything in order to be happy; you’ve got to drop something. Life is easy, life is delightful. It’s only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings. (Greed Quotes) Liberation didn’t solve anything. It just opened up the doors to greed. Some people mix up sex now as if they were eating or drinking like crazy. (Greed Quotes) Capitalism is an organized system to guarantee that greed becomes the primary force of our economic system and allows the few at the top to get very wealthy and has the rest of us riding around thinking we can be that way, too - if we just work hard enough, sell enough Tupperware and Amway products, we can get a pink Cadillac. (Greed Quotes) We need to move beyond the demonisation of overpaid traders ... In finance and economics, ill-designed policy is a more powerful force for harm than individual greed or error. (Greed Quotes) The agrarian crisis [in India] is an unnecessary tragedy, resulting directly from an economics of greed and a politics driven by the economies of greed. (Greed Quotes) Each of us needs to eliminate our anger, fear and greed. The roots of social conflicts and political tensions are in personal anger, fear and greed. (Greed Quotes) The greed of the billionaire class has got to end and we are going to end it for them (Greed Quotes) There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one’s own greed. (Greed Quotes) Ignorance and greed are part of the evolutionary process, which is just to say that mistakes are part of learning. There is nothing bad about behaviors or perceptions that do not work; they simply have to be given up and replaced by behaviors or perceptions that do work. (Greed Quotes) Greed squeezes your dreams into a portable size, so that failure can easily carry them to dump somewhere. (Greed Quotes) I believe in the sun. In the tangle of human failures of fear, greed and forgetfulness, the sun gives me clarity. (Greed Quotes) People’s lives are forever controlled by two emotions: fear and greed (Greed Quotes) The 2008 financial crisis is usually attributed to vampire squid greed. There was certainly a lot of that. But it was also just as likely to have been caused by the chaos of process created by those big, sexy bank mergers when, in the name of ‘economies of scale,’ critical members of the trust and responsibility chain were cavalierly eliminated. (Greed Quotes) There is a lesson there about greed and it is a lesson I am willing to learn as well. Has it made me a distrustful person? I don’t think so. But we probably look a bit more carefully at our financial situation now. (Greed Quotes) The moral angle to the foreclosure crisis - and, of course, in capitalism we’re not supposed to be concerned with the moral stuff, but let’s mention it anyway - shows a culture that is slowly giving in to a futuristic nightmare ideology of computerized greed and unchecked financial violence. (Greed Quotes) It’s a familiar truism that at any one moment, financial markets are dominated by either fear or greed. But the healthiest markets are those that are animated by both fear and greed at the same time. (Greed Quotes) Foolish people are never harmless. Stupidity accounts for as many crimes as anger and greed. (Greed Quotes) SIMPLICITY is practicing a lifestyle that is increasingly free of excess, greed, covetousness, and other forms of dependence on the things of this world. The Holy Spirit works through simplicity to release spiritual gifts such as hospitality, mercy, and giving... to live free of anxiety, and to better take care of this Earth. (Greed Quotes) No great advancement has ever been kept at bay because of ideology, nor greed. Eventually progress moves us forward. (Greed Quotes) When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed. He said, ‘Look, here’s what happened.’ (Greed Quotes) Free markets and capitalism are predicated upon the definition of greed as altruistic in economics.~R. Alan Woods [2012] (Greed Quotes)

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