“ The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable acts--and let's face it, I am considered something of an expert in this field--is purely for their own sake. Monetary gain is all very well, but… Jasper Fforde
“ From the point of view of wealth, there is no difference between need, comfort and pleasure Michel Foucault
“ Defined simply, narcissism means excessive self-preoccupation; pragmatism means excessive focus on work, achievement, and the practical concerns of life; and restlessness means an excessive greed for… Ronald Rolheiser
“ The writer of this legend then recordsIts ghostly application in these words:The image is the Adversary old,Whose beckoning finger points to realms of gold;Our lusts and passions are the downward stai… Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“ Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense. E.A. Bucchianeri
“ The avarice, the hunger for materialistic possessions and the dependency upon alcohol had gradually become stronger and stronger. And now, it was the sum total of what she was. Sue Fortin
“ Well, there are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. Then there are people who stand around and watch them eat it. (Softly) Sometimes I think it ai… Lillian Hellman
“ Corruption,' Jordan Belfort believes, 'is endemic to human being. I mean, even men in monasteries - where enticement is hard to come by – even men in those circumstances have sex with other men and ab… Antonella Gambotto-Burke
“ This was the time when the rush for the spoils filled a corner of the forest with the yelping of hounds, the cracking of whips, the flaring of torches. The appetites let loose were satisfied at last,… Emile Zola
“ Cal opened another cabinet and removed a bottle of anti-inflammatory tablets, placing them on the table in front of her along with the ice pack he snagged from the freezer.She glanced at him, suspicio… Lisa Clark O'Neill
“ They again kissed each other and fell asleep. The patch of light on the ceiling now seemed to be assuming the shape of a terrified eye, that stared wildly and fixedly upon the pale, slumbering couple… Emile Zola
“ I do not see how it is possible for a man to die worth fifty million of dollars, or ten million of dollars, in a city full of want, when he meets almost every day the withered hand of beggary and the… Robert G. Ingersoll
