Quotations about

Greed

Don't you know that if people could bottle the air they would? Don't you know there would be an American Air-bottling Association? And don't you know that they would allow thousands and millions to die for want of breath if they could not pay for air?

—Robert Ingersoll

The dollar sign is the only sign in which the modern man appears to have any real faith.

—Helen Rowland

The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.

—H. L. Mencken in Minority Report

If all the rich men in the world divided up their money amongst themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go round.

—Christina Stead

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

—Donald Trump

Not greedy of filthy lucre.

—Bible

Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.

—French Proverb

The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were.

—Kurt Vonnegut

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.

—Laozi

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

—Cicero