Money. The ultimate motivation. The ultimate way of keeping score.
Michael ConnellyTags: money success wealth greed materialism
This was 1990 the year that communism died in Europe and it seemed strange to me that in all the words that were written about the fall of the iron curtain, nobody anywhere lamented that it was the end of a noble experiment. I know that communism never worked and I would have disliked living under it myself but none the less it seems that there was a kind of sadness in the thought that the only economic system that appeared to work was one based on self interest and greed.
Bill BrysonTags: capitalism greed communism
Until a few months ago we had a code of honor, and even the worst ruffians behaved with decency. You could leave your gold in a tent with no guard and no one would touch it, but now all that has changed. The law of the jungle rules, the only ideology is greed. Don't let yourself be parted from your weapons, and always travel in pairs or groups, because this is a land of thieves.
Isabel AllendeTags: honesty greed community betrayal
Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.
Harry TrumanTags: wisdom selfishness government problems greed troubles trouble cause-of-trouble national-troubles problems-in-the-world
You can never have too much money.
Jess C. ScottTags: money rich greed materialism poor lottery-tickets money-issues lottery materialism-versus-spiritualism money-not-happiness
If there is a deity of the kind imagined by votaries of the big mail-order religions such as Christianity and Islam, and if this deity is the creator of all things, then it is responsible for cancer, meningitis, millions of spontaneous abortions everyday, mass killings of people in floods and earthquakes-and too great mountain of other natural evils to list besides. It would also,as the putative designer of human nature, ultimately be responsible or the ubiquitous and unbeatable human propensities for hatred, malice, greed, and all other sources of the cruelty and murder people inflict on each other hourly.
A.C. GraylingTags: imagination murder hatred killing greed cruelty islam malice deity natural-disasters
There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear..." he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the last, drawing a deep breath before he said, "Revenge.
Ally CarterTags: fear love revenge faith motivation greed boredom joe-solomon
Greed is eternal.
The Ferrengi Rules of Acquisition 10We are all born to love people and use things. Unfortunately, we grow to love things and use people...
T. Rafael CiminoTags: inspirational inspirational-quotes religion political-philosophy greed political-science americans political-theory political-commentary politics-of-the-united-states
The problem: If you've an antique for sale, then, sad to relate, the world isn't your oyster. It's not that easy. Even if somebody gives you the National Gallery, your options are still very, very limited. Okay, you can sell the Old Masters, set up a trust, buy your favorite brewery. But that's strictly it. You're limited by honesty on one hand and law - that hobble of sanity - on the other.
Jonathan GashTags: money law greed selling greedy antiques lovejoy sale
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