Quotes by Greed Wishing is the beginning of imagination. They practice wishing when they are young things, and then -when they have grown - they have a developed imagination. Which can do some harm - greed, that kind of thing - but more often does them some good. They can imagine that things might be different. Might be other than they seem. Could be better. Gregory Maguire greed imagination practice Patience leads to power; but eagerness in greed leads to loss. H. P. Blavatsky greed loss patience The Emperor himself amassed his great riches. The older he grew, the greater became his greed, his pitiable cupidity... he and his people took millions from the state treasurer and left cemeteries full of people who had died of hunger, cemeteries visible from the windows of the royal palace Haile Selassie royal-palaces greed people Religion as a vital issue is dead except on paper, and whatever beauty-baiting the future may witness will be the work of greed and trade, and not of honest cosmos-facing. H. P. Lovecraft cosmos issues greed Send me the half that's got my keys. Harry Graham greed keys half Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles. Harry S. Truman selfishness greed causes I make no pretensions to 'objectivity,' a fraudulent concept in an era of industrialized and politicized science in which intellectual mercenaries too often serve power and greed, the ambitions of competing nation-states, or the requirements of commerce. Hazel Henderson greed objectivity ambition If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States. Henry A. Wallace united-states greed money Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, greed works much better. Henry Spencer greed results want Greed is merely a species of nearsightedness. Henry Ford species greed Do you want to know the cause of war? It is capitalism, greed, the dirty hunger for dollars. Take away the capitalist and you will sweep war from the earth. Henry Ford greed war dirty Ignorance, poverty, and greed must disappear so that light can prevail in all places. Helen Keller greed light ignorance Greed (as Ling): You humans always get all "holier-than-thou" when it comes to this stuff... I really don't get you. Edward: It's called having integrity. You should try it sometime Hiromu Arakawa greed trying integrity Greed may not be good, but it’s not so bad either. You humans think greed is just for money or power, but everyone wants something they can’t have. Hiromu Arakawa want-something greed thinking It was a time period in the 1960, when a generation of souls looked at the established society, looked at the pettiness, the greed, the hate, and rejected it and tried to create something new. Their creation neither succeeded nor failed. It was another experience. Frederick Lenz greed hate soul He who is greedy is always in want. Horace investing greed money Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast attracts our avarice: possessions are generally diminished by possession. Friedrich Nietzsche greed three beautiful I mean people -- people don't get -- they don't get smarter about things that get as basic as greed and you can't stand to see your neighbor getting rich. You know you're smarter than he is, and he's doing these things, you know, and he's getting rich, and your spouse is getting unhappy with you because you aren't doing -- pretty soon you start doing it. And so you get what I call the natural progression, the three Is. The innovators, the imitators, and the idiots. Howard Warren Buffett greed mean people He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise. Henry David Thoreau greed cooking food You can go back to tulip bulbs in Holland 400 years ago. The human beings going through combinations of fear and greed and all of that sort of thing, their behavior can lead to bubbles. And it may have had and Internet bubble at one time, you've had a farm bubble, farmland bubble in the Midwest which resulted in all kinds of tragedy in the early '80s. Howard Warren Buffett greed tragedy years «7891011121314151617»
