#greed

We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#brave #greedy #most #remain #trusting

So on May 1, 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship. ↗

— Donna Rice

#agreed #brief #confront #ending #face-to-face

Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul. ↗

— Little Richard

#greed #nobody #soul #taken #their

Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving. ↗

— Dan Millman

#devil #energy #form #god #greedy

Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human promises? That is a peculiar condition of society which enables a whole nation to instantly recognize point and meaning in the familiar newspaper anecdote, which puts into the mouth of a distinguished speculator in lands and mines this remark: 'I wasn't worth a cent two years ago, and now I owe two millions of dollars. ↗

— Mark Twain

#greed #money #promise #age

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

— George Soros

#control #government #greed #power #age

We can assume that those who ‘have it all’ and express an arrogant and greedy attitude, appears to be unthankful. ↗

— Ellen J. Barrier

#attitude #greedy #unthankful #attitude

Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and turns into a racket. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#business

I find it odd- the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get what they want from you. Or for as long as they perceive you are who they want you to be. But I like people for all of their changing surprises, the thoughts in their heads, the warmth that changes to cold and the cold that changes to warmth... for being human. The rawness of being human delights me. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#human-nature #humanism #humanity #inspirational #inspirational-attitude

There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#wisdom #courage