#greed

We are all born to love people and use things. Unfortunately, we grow to love things and use people... ↗

— T. Rafael Cimino

#greed #inspirational #inspirational-quotes #political-commentary #political-philosophy

The world says: "You have needs -- satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#greed #materialism #needs #selfishness #vice

Until a few months ago we had a code of honor, and even the worst ruffians behaved with decency. You could leave your gold in a tent with no guard and no one would touch it, but now all that has changed. The law of the jungle rules, the only ideology is greed. Don't let yourself be parted from your weapons, and always travel in pairs or groups, because this is a land of thieves. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#community #greed #honesty #change

What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. ↗

— Bliss Carman

#cease #compromises #fact #facts #investigation

People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way. ↗

— George Aiken

#bad #generous #good #greedy #like

I've been in Vegas. That's where you get into the money thing. Boy, you get greedy in Vegas, you know. That's the only place that you can bet $25, get it up to $500 and refuse to quit. ↗

— Louie Anderson

#bet #boy #get #greedy #i

Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#giving #greed #need #scripture #sharing

I am a greedy, selfish bastard. I want the fact that I existed to mean something. ↗

— Harry Chapin

#existed #fact #greedy #i #i am

If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

#disappear #face #fault #globe #go

Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan had tremendous influence on generations of American because, even if people disagreed with them, they admired them because they made very strong commitments to things they believed in. ↗

— Phil Crane

#american #barry #because #believed #commitments