Greediness Quotes

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  Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

  Erich Fromm

  Effort, Greed, Needs

  Erich Fromm (2013). “Escape from Freedom”, p.121, Open Road Media

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• Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth and whatever you feed it is never enough.

  Janwillem van de Wetering

  Greed, Mouths, Demon

  Janwillem Van De Wetering (2003). “Just a Corpse at Twilight”, p.118, Soho Press

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• To stop suffering, stop greediness. Greediness is a source of suffering.

  Gautama Buddha

  Suffering, Source

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• Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.

  Andy Stanley

  God, Christian, Religious

  Andy Stanley (2006). “Taming the Monster”, Multnomah Pub

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• Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What's in it for me?

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Jul 31, 2012

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• Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness except greed.

  Thomas Harris

  Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone

  Thomas Harris (2009). “The Silence of the Lambs”, p.319, Macmillan

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• It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

  Democritus

  Inspirational, Communication, Talking

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

  Little Richard

  Taken, Greed, Soul

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• The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.

  Anatole France

  Life, Men, Average

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• The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.

  B. C. Forbes

  Integrity, Failure, Men

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• Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear.

  Cyril Connolly

  Love, Greed, Comfort

  "The Unquiet Grave". Book by Cyril Connolly, 1944.

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• For greed, all nature is too little.

  Seneca the Younger

  Nature, Philosophical, Greed

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Nature

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• There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Life, Greed

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

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• The point is that you can't be too greedy.

  Donald Trump

  Motivational, Greedy

  Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz (2009). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.48, Ballantine Books

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• The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert which sucks in all the rain and dew with greediness, but yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the benefit of others.

  Zeno of Elea

  Rain, Men, Yield

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• There is a very fine line between love and nausea.

  James Earl Jones

  Greed, Nausea, Lines

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• There is a very fine line between listening and stalking.

  Jay Baer

  Greed, Listening, Nausea

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• God can rid your heart of greed, but it's your responsibility to remove yourself from situations that promote greediness.

  Linda Dillow

  Heart, Responsibility, Greed

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• Greed is an imperfection that defiles the mind; hate is an imperfection that defiles the mind; delusion is an imperfection that defiles the mind.

  Gautama Buddha

  Hate, Imperfection, Greed

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• Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

  Karl Marx

  Love, Philosophical, Men

  Karl Marx (2007). “Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844”, p.52, Courier Corporation

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• Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer.

  Julian Casablancas

  Greed, Injustice, Currents

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• We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

  Warren Buffett

  Success, Money, Fear

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.166, John Wiley & Sons

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• He who is greedy is always in want.

  Horace

  Money, Greed, Investing

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• We risk all in being too greedy.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Greed, Risk, Greedy

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