Greedy Quotes

• The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.

  Chanakya

  Education, Spiritual, Moving

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• The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Patience, Beach, Nature

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1975). “GIFT FROM THE SEA”

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• Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that's all.

  Henry Ford

  Motivational, Change, Money

  "It Would Be Fun To Start Over Again". The American Magazine, Volume 91, April 1921.

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• The thing about Occupy is that the sentiment the movement embodies is timeless: Don't be greedy, share.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Movement, Timeless, Share

  "Joseph Gordon-Levitt on 'The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories'". Interview with Yvonne Villarreal, latimesblogs.latimes.com. December 5, 2011.

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• The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.

  Lance Armstrong

  Sports, Can Do

  "LIVESTRONG America" by Jon Kraushar, www.foxnews.com. July 16, 2009.

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• We risk all in being too greedy.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Greed, Risk, Greediness

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• He who is greedy is always in want.

  Horace

  Money, Greed, Investing

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• The greedy man is incontent with a whole world set before him.

  Saadi

  Men, Greed, World

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

  Jay Baer

  Greed, Listening, Nausea

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Trust, Bravery, Literature

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• Sleeping on a dragon's hoard with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart, he had become a dragon himself.

  C. S. Lewis

  Heart, Sleep, Dragons

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.107, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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

  Donald Trump

  Motivational, Greediness

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

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• In his love for the world, the greedy is like the silkworm: the more it wraps in its cocoon, the less it has of escaping from it, until it dies of grief.

  Muhammad al-Baqir

  Grief, Escaping, Greed

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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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• No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful or greedy. Unless you let him.

  Napoleon Hill

  Motivational, Anger, Jealous

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• Don't let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you're crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you're lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you're greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn't understand.

  Robert G. Allen

  Leadership, Dream, Crazy

  Robert G. Allen (2006). “Creating Wealth: Retire in Ten Years Using Allen's Seven Principles of Wealth”, p.240, Simon and Schuster

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• I didn't want to be greedy. It's a mark of bad character and I always believed that pigs go the slaughterhouse.

  Walter Annenberg

  Character, Pigs, Want

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• You want to be greedy when others are fearful.

  Howard Warren Buffett

  Investing Money, Want, Buffets

  "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime - Charlie Rose Interview". Interview with Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

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• I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.

  Ivan Boesky

  Thinking, Feel Good, Greed

  18 May 1986 See Film Lines 184

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• Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies. And if they insist on trying to time their participation in equities, they should try to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Investing Money, Enemy

  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman's Letter, www.berkshirehathaway.com. 2004.

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• Then the hard, dry Spaniards came exploring through, greedy and realistic, and their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they collected jewels. They gathered mountains and valleys, rivers and whole horizons, the way a man might now gain tittle to building lots.

  John Steinbeck

  Men, Jewels, Rivers

  John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.11, Penguin

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• Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Fickle, Literature, May

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• Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Country, Nature, Children

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.42, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Mother always said you were greedy.

  Ralph Bellamy

  Mother, Money, Said

  "Fictional character: Randolph Duke". "Trading Places", www.imdb.com. 1983.

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• 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

  People, World, Way

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