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The Price of Greed

The cost of wanting too much is never paid only by the one who does the wanting.

38 quotes found

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Money is the water we swim in. Most of us don't know we're wet.

—Ayad AkhtarPlaywright & Novelist

Digital Age ERA • South Asia

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Austerity is not an economic policy; it's a political choice.

—Naomi KleinAuthor & Activist

Contemporary ERA • North America

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Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

—Honoré de BalzacNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

—Jane AustenNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Work like hell. I mean, you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week.

—Elon MuskEntrepreneur & Engineer

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Disaster capitalism's preferred conditions: people are frightened, confused, and far from home.

—Naomi KleinAuthor & Activist

Contemporary ERA • North America

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Sit down. Be humble.

—Kendrick LamarMusician

Digital Age ERA • North America

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The only real emancipation is to have a job, and earn your own living.

—Vera BrittainWriter & Feminist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

—Mark TwainNovelist & Humorist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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I have no dress except the one I wear every day. If you are going to be in science, you have to be poor.

—Marie CuriePhysicist & Chemist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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The value of a man is his price; so much as would be given for the use of his power.

—Thomas HobbesPhilosopher

Renaissance ERA • Western Europe

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Always stay gracious. The best revenge is your paper.

—Nicki MinajArtist

Digital Age ERA • Caribbean

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Luxury is everywhere in proportion to the inequality of fortunes.

—MontesquieuPhilosopher

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

—Elizabeth GaskellNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Wealth covers great shame.

—Theognis of MegaraElegiac Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them.

—Thomas JeffersonPresident

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Know your worth, then add tax.

—Missy ElliottScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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The body is a commodity. In a market‑driven world, everything has a price.

—Manjula PadmanabhanAuthor & Playwright

Late Modern ERA • South Asia

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To survive in this city, you must be willing to lose everything.

—K. Sello DuikerNovelist

Contemporary ERA • Southern Africa

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Work without dignity is just suffering with a salary.

—Alicia GarzaActivist

Digital Age ERA • North America

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