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Greed15 quotes
The love of money is the root of all evil. — 1st Timothy 6:10 · 64Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind. — Gordon Gekko · 1987Avarice and happiness never saw each other, how then should they become acquainted. — Benjamin Franklin · 1734I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken a stronger hold on the affections of men, and where a profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1835Avarice, the spur of industry, is so obstinate a passion, and works its way through so many real dangers and difficulties, that it is not likely to be scared by an imaginary danger, which is so small, that it scarcely admits of calculation. — David Hume · 1741People have declaimed against luxury for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and people have always delighted in it. — Voltaire · 1764All 15 quotes →Capitalism3 quotes
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind. — Gordon Gekko · 1987A desire for wealth is the source of all progress. Civilization comes from what men call greed. Let your mercenary tendencies be combined with honesty and they cannot take you astray. — Anthony Trollope · 1864Greed is all right... Greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself. — Ivan F. Boesky · 1986Love of money3 quotes
The love of money is the root of all evil. — 1st Timothy 6:10 · 64I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken a stronger hold on the affections of men, and where a profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1835He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. — Ecclesiastes 5:10 · 931 BCHuman nature2 quotes
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind. — Gordon Gekko · 1987To what do you not drive human hearts, cursed craving for gold! — Virgil · 19 BCMoney2 quotes
The love of money is the root of all evil. — 1st Timothy 6:10 · 64I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken a stronger hold on the affections of men, and where a profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1835Progress2 quotes
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind. — Gordon Gekko · 1987A desire for wealth is the source of all progress. Civilization comes from what men call greed. Let your mercenary tendencies be combined with honesty and they cannot take you astray. — Anthony Trollope · 1864Wealth2 quotes
People have declaimed against luxury for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and people have always delighted in it. — Voltaire · 1764Wealth is like sea-water; the more we have, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851America1 quote
I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken a stronger hold on the affections of men, and where a profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1835Consequences of greed1 quote
Methinks God has punish'd the Avaritious as he often punishes sinners, in their own way, in the very sin itself: the thirst of gain was their crime, that thirst continued became their punishment and ruin. — Alexander Pope · 1720Fame1 quote
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we have, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851Fear1 quote
Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. — Warren Buffett · 2008Financial panics and bubbles1 quote
Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. — Warren Buffett · 2008Investing1 quote
Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. — Warren Buffett · 2008Luxury1 quote
People have declaimed against luxury for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and people have always delighted in it. — Voltaire · 1764Nature of men1 quote
The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget. — William Osler · 1904Profit motive1 quote
Avarice, the spur of industry, is so obstinate a passion, and works its way through so many real dangers and difficulties, that it is not likely to be scared by an imaginary danger, which is so small, that it scarcely admits of calculation. — David Hume · 1741Property rights1 quote
I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken a stronger hold on the affections of men, and where a profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1835Sex1 quote
The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget. — William Osler · 1904