1,220 Quotes About Greed

Business is not about hard negotiations. It's about mutually exploring a point of intersection where both parties find their objectives meeting.

The poor have little, beggars none, the rich too much, enough not one.

The main obstacle to further progress on the resource curse is China, and to a lesser extent India.

The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good.Greed is right.Greed works.Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.Greed, in all of its forms -- greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind.

Money isn't everything, but you'll never convince money.

If we feel we cannot strike the right notes anymore and are not capable of forging ahead through the enticing pastures of our dreams, we must wisely put the treadmill on hold. So, let’s tame the inflated demands of greed for a while and look at our deeper self with compassion.("The empty Mirror")

For many people the thrill of having more is intensified by the presence of those who have less. Waste is not the issue here. To many greedy individuals, power lies in withholding resources.

Be assured that whatever it is, there will be nothing ‘in it for me’ if I approach it from the perspective of ‘what’s in it for me.

Man is, by nature, a slave of numbers; by nurture, a slave of slaves.