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Few techniques are so successful, lady and gentlemen, as the one where you boggle the target's mind, freeze him with greed, then blitz him. — Stephen King

We all seem to be about aggression and greed. It's a massive pressure that affects us all. — Eric Cantona

I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money. — Thomas Sowell

Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue. — Andy Stanley

At what point do we admit that the NFL's true economic function is to channel our desire for athletic heroism into an engine of nihilistic greed? — Steve Almond

Our hearts clearly see our own interests but they are completely blind to other people's interests — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings. — Anthony De Mello

I have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status quo: your time has come - and gone. It's time for change in America. — William J. Clinton

One is never wholly conscious of the greed hidden in one's heart until one hears the sweet sound of silver. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all the joy that could be.
. — Joni Mitchell

Greed's an ugly thing to see red raw in the face. — Richard Newsome

Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer. — Joseph Sobran

Mankind's obsession with money and greed has them going down a one way street to their demise. — Steven Magee

Greed's worst point is its ingratitude. — Seneca The Younger

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A speculator's eyes light up alternately by greed and concupiscence. — Beryl Dov

Neither the world nor one's actions cause obstructions; kashays (inner anger, pride, deceit, greed) cause obstruction! — Dada Bhagwan

We need to learn how to separate need from greed. — Thomas S. Monson

The investor's chief problem - and even his worst enemy - is likely to be himself. — Benjamin Graham

we must all be guarded by equal rights from one another's greed, because we are fallen. — C.S. Lewis

I want to be part of the happiness team - let's create the happiness team - from love, not greed, love of life & our planet, true & free. — Jay Woodman

It seemed, at that point, my greed and cunningness were being rewarded. — S.A. Tawks

Life is strange and funny with many winding roads ahead ... but the roads of greed and hypocrisy will lead to a person's downfall each and every time. — Timothy Pina

It isn't that greed's increased. What's increased is the realization that you've got a free field to reach out for what you'd like to do. — Paul Samuelson

Some men make money not for the sake of living, but ache In the blindness of greed and live just for their fortune's sake. — Juvenal

It's not competition and greed that makes the world go around, it's cooperating and caring — Ed Mayo

The paths of greed and vanity will always lead to one's downfall. — Timothy Pina

It's no go the merry-go-round, it's no go the rickshaw
All we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow. — Louis MacNeice

Five of the most dangerous words I know: 'What's in it for me? — Craig D. Lounsbrough

There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning. — Warren Buffett

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

What's wrong with people is people. There's no cure for that. — Marty Rubin

Enforcement isn't about big government or small government. It's about whether government works and who it works for. — Elizabeth Warren

But there's got to be an opening somewhere here in front of me. Through this maze of ugliness and greed. — Jakob Dylan

Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create. — Vanna Bonta

The mark of genius is an incessant activity of mind. Genius is a spiritual greed. — V.S. Pritchett

Fear and greed tend to affect one's judgement. — Walter Schloss

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. — Aga Khan IV

If everybody's behavior can be explained by simple stupidity and greed, there's no point in assuming a conspiracy. — P. J. Plauger

There's more than enough for the many, but somehow never enough for the few — Dean Cavanagh

I love the competitive part of stocks. A lot of fear and greed, that's all it is. All I see is green and red. — Josh Brolin

Avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else's good. — St. Catherine Of Siena

Well, that's not at all clerical!" thought Kunin, shrugging his shoulders contemptuously. "What is it, priestly greed or childishness? — Anton Chekhov

Nothing in the world is so incontinent as a man's accursed appetite. — Homer

Poor greedy one, wherever he runs
He's after food, and death is after him.
(Saadi) — Idries Shah

They who in folly or mere greed
Enslaved religion, markets, laws,
Borrow our language now and bid
Us to speak up in freedom's cause. — Cecil Day-Lewis

Original art emanates in the mind ... and lessons society's confusion from self indulgence, avarice and greed to trust, hope and love. — Louis Faurer

What good is honour when greed eats away at it's foundations? — Alexandra Bracken

Blue fire ran along the blade. With the Goddess's commanding pose and a flaming sword in hand, she resembled angel Uriel. — A.O. Peart

It's sundown on the Union and what's made in the USA, sure was a good idea, until greed got in the way. — Bob Dylan

Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal. — Al Stewart

Liability limit has become a symbol of corporate greed in passing the risk of disaster to the U.S. government and U.S. citizens. — Marvin Ammori

Greed is bad because it's like unassimilated food in our system. If we eat more than our body requires, it will lead us to indigestion. — Hina Hashmi

The Amulet released a brilliant fan of white rays, right from Jatred's chest and through the fabric of his shirt. — A.O. Peart

Lusia's face was red and blotchy. She stared ahead, numb, absentmindedly pulling the grass from the lawn. — A.O. Peart

I think there's just too much greed in the world today [and] that's why we have problems. — Robert Kiyosaki

America's been living on borrowed time all these years ... Playing the world's whore, wallowing in our greed. Now we're going to pay the price. — Wally Lamb

Greed and corruption isn't in the world.It's in the people. — Suzanne Collins

It's not greed that drives the world, but envy. — Charlie Munger

Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit;
All with me's meet that I can fashion fit. — William Shakespeare

Greed and globalization aren't just America's fault. — Arlo Guthrie

'Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches. — John Oates

Hitler's cave was much more than a wine cellar; it was a symbol of cruelty and greed, of Nazi Germany's hunger for wealth and riches. — Don Kladstrup

Money isn't everything. It's the only thing. — Rebecca McNutt

The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed. - GANDHI T — Matthieu Ricard

It's all about greed and money and it's the driving force in Hollywood. — Robert Redford

Koch's youthful idealism about libertarianism had largely devolved into a rationale for corporate self-interest. — John Charles Chasteen

We must learn to separate need from greed ... We must not allow our yearnings to exceed our earnings. — Thomas S. Monson

The earth provides enough to satisfy every person's need, but not every person's greed. — Mahatma Gandhi

Send me the half that's got my keys. — Harry Graham

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

Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money - only for wanting to keep your own money. — Joseph Sobran

Corporate greed is killing America, and that's what we battling at Boeing. — Bill Johnson

If I give $1,000 dollars I deserve to get back $100,000 because I am just, that's not greed! — Jesse Duplantis

Nothing, not love, not greed, not passion or hatred, is stronger than a writer's need to change another writer's copy. — Arthur Evans

God is in heaven, and we all want what's his. But power and greed and corruptible seed seem to be all that there is. — Bob Dylan

A covetous man's penny is a stone. — Bill Vaughan

Remember, the goal is to take emotion out of investing because emotion is what so often destroys investing success, whether it's greed or fear. — Anthony Robbins

Ambition is at the very core of success and extraordinary achievement. Unlike greed, it's a powerful, creative and constructive force. — Jim Rohn

It's the ones who can't let go - of fear or anger, lust or greed, vanity or pride or power - who are most at risk of becoming corrupted. — Kate Elliott

Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions. — Luke The Evangelist

The greed to be loved is a fearful thing. Some of those who say that they live only for love come to live in incessant resentment. — C.S. Lewis

It's impossible to translate Wall Street greed into one or two demands. — Cornel West

Work should never make me weary If I'm really meant to do it, But it soon becomes exhausting If it's greed that drives me to it. — Rebecca McCann

Greed and envy took from a man's heart everything but - well, greed and envy. — Ruth Rendell

One man's greed is another man's tragedy. — B.B. Reid

We all have a purpose, or calling. If it's greed, hence, lies the wrong path. — David Fredette

It's our greed to extract more and more from good that turns it into evil. — Amish Tripathi

People seem to take as much offence as they possibly can these days - it's almost a new type of greed, a new kind of road rage. — Michael Leunig

Greed has poisoned men's souls — Charlie Chaplin

People sometimes ask me, because of the blacklisting, "Do you hate the government? Don't you hate white people?" No, it's greed that's the problem. — Buffy Sainte-Marie

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. — Mahatma Gandhi

Elevation of today's generation, if I can make them listen. Prisons ain't what we need, no longer stuck in greed. — Tupac Shakur

Now, he'd loved money for money's sake. He loved the feel of it, not only in his hands, but also in his heart. — Steven J. Carroll

There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls,
Doing more murder in this loathsome world,
Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell. — William Shakespeare

The must have it now mentality, was man's first step into the gorging of his natural home. — Lotte Hass

We found out that you can't pass on acquired things like bigotry, prejudice, greed. That's all learned in your culture or your sub-culture — Jacque Fresco

God can rid your heart of greed, but it's your responsibility to remove yourself from situations that promote greediness. — Linda Dillow

There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed. — Mahatma Gandhi

If it's about me, I can be assured that there will be a bunch of empty chairs in the auditorium of my life; save the one I'm sitting in. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

There are sufficient resources on this planet to answer the needs of all, but not enough to satisfy everyone's greed. — Mahatma Gandhi