Greed Quotes

“It was a race to the bottom, to see who could take on the most risk, who could make the most money, who could pay themselves the most. It was a race with no speed limits, and it resulted in a horrific crash.”

“Give an inch and he'll take an ell.”

“I needed the money. I'd have done almost anything for it.”

“It's all about excess. The party, the island, the apartment, it had to be the best.”

“It is in the nature of the pig to be greedy, and in the nature of a man to be piggy.”

“Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.”

“Ambition is but Avarice on stilts, and masked.”

“Love is always a stranger in the home of avarice.”

“The cause of this evil is avarice, that is, an unlimited desire of possessing and accumulating.”

“Say not you know another entirely, till you have divided an inheritance with him.”

“Greed is a powerful motivator. It can cloud your judgment. It can make you do things you would never normally do.”

“The idea of a society driven by greed and fear is not a society that is going to be sustainable.”

“Some members of this party are hogs. They want everything. They can't get it.”

“Bulls make money, bears make money, pigs get slaughtered.”

“I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.”

“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.”

“The money is always right!”

“Watch out when you're getting all you want. Fattening hogs ain't in luck.”

“From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.”

“All mankind is governed by their purses.”