greed quotes

Entitlement spendingthe politics of greed wrapped in the language of love.

- Dick (Richard Keith) Armey
  On President  Johnson's legacy to his party. In the US News &  World Report,12 Dec.

The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody; in another sense, and at the same time, he needs no one at all.

-James Arthur Baldwin
Nobody Knows My Name,'Alas, Poor Richard'.

L'avarice commence o  u' la pauvrete   cesse. Greed begins where poverty ends.

- Honore   de Balzac
  Illusions perdues,'Les deux po e' tes'.

Collecting is the only socially commendable form of greed.

- Eugene M Schwartz
  In the NewYorkTimes,7 Sep.

The desire to make money is a symptom of all sorts of emotional disturbancesgreed is only one of them.

-Janwillem van deWetering
  The Maine Massacre.