1,220 Quotes About Greed

How can I be secure? Through amassing wealth beyond all measure? No. And what's beyond measure? That's a sickness. That's a trap. There is no measure. Only greed.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

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.

In the race for money some men may come first, but man comes last.

It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed.

The most pitiful human ailment is a birdseed heart.

The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.

Somebody said on TV the other night that New Orleans had died. New Orleans was murdered. Neglect and greed murdered New Orleans,

This isn't a matter of greed -- this is a matter of survival.