#greed

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

#cool #fresh #gave #greed #hard

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#connection #crimes #each #financial #fraud

I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#greedy #i #old #parts #play

France and Italy have not yet signed this treaty or agreed to naval limitation as between those nations, but I have confidence that in time they will do so. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

#between #confidence #france #i #italy

For greed all nature is too little. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#little #nature #too

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