Conrad Gerard de Rayneval Quotes

When money comes into play then that's all it's about wanting money, who's making the most who can get the most, me, me me... and in the end it screws up the person and the sport.

Avarice, the spur of industry.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.

Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul.

We have seen that in this country in the last few years, particularly on Wall Street, with the rise of the old human frailty of greed. This occurs when people begin to serve only their own needs to the detriment of everyone else.

They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money.

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

There is always greed. There is nothing wrong with greed.

Greed, greed, greed. That’s the fundamental problem of mankind. If we can solve that problem, the rest of man’s problems would follow. The only thing that can undermine our free society is greed.

Greed is good.

… an avalanche of avarice

It would be necessary to eliminate the excessive regard and esteem for wealth, because the craving for riches erodes the desire for true glory, prevents the cultivation of the virtues and results in countless seizures of what belongs to others, as well as many other dishonorable actions.

I doubt there is any true courage in squabbling for money.

We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.

Sir, I here enter my solemn protest against a low and calculating avarice entering this hall of legislation. It is only fit for shops and counting houses.

.... the forces of greed

I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen.

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.

Money is evil.

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.

The quest for riches darkens the sense of right and wrong.

Man's greed to obtain something for nothing has never yet been able to content itself with a moderate profit.

I don't know if Jesus said it in the Bible, but someone said that 'the love of money is the root of all evil,' and I do think there's a correlation between the ambition that a lot of people have, in terms of financial remuneration, and the loss of core values.

Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.