Greed And Vanity Quotes

#1. The paths of greed and vanity will always lead to one's downfall.

Timothy Pina

#2. War makes monsters of men, you once said to me Todd. Well, so does too much knowledge. Too much knowledge of your fellow man, too much knowledge of his weakness, his pathetic greed and vanity, and how laughably easy it is to control him.

Patrick Ness

#3. That's the problem with wishes, they ensnare you. In fairy tales they're nothing but trouble, magnifying the greed and vanity of the person for whom they are granted.

David Sedaris

#4. I'm a joker who has understood his epoch and has extracted all he possibly could from the stupidity, greed and vanity of his contemporaries.

Pablo Picasso

#5. Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.

Garrison Keillor

#6. From Monday morning until Saturday night, I had no advice, no counsel, no encouragement, no consolation, no assistance, no support, of any kind, from anyone, that I can call to mind, as I hope to go to heaven!

Charles Dickens

#7. People are always afraid to think. And alas, Ethan, integrity is always a prisoner of vanity, and common sense is easily eclipsed by greed.

William Dietrich

#8. while his skull gave him the general impression that someone had removed it while he had slept, and swapped it for one two or three sizes too small.

Neil Gaiman

#9. The back again carrying Bilbo, was grabbed from behind in the dark. He shouted

J.R.R. Tolkien

#10. Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography entitled The Story of My Experiments with Truth.

Robin S. Sharma

#11. I get that you have a huge ego and probably don't want to admit you're a disgusting, shallow bastard, but don't hide behind a doctor's note.

Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

#12. Only small men parade their learning, talk over their audience and air their superior knowledge. Only brutal men throw their strength about, and vain rich men display their wealth in ostentatious useless luxuries.

John Myer

#13. When a culture vanishes, humanity is the loser.

Rohinton Mistry

#14. I have vanity and greed enough for one person. But at the same time, I feel in my bones you lose a lot of life's value if you don't see yourself as a member of the family of man.

Ralph Waite

#15. It's the ones who can't let go - of fear or anger, lust or greed, vanity or pride or power - who are most at risk of becoming corrupted.

Kate Elliott

#16. You will need to be brave and strong ... and patient, patient above all.

George R R Martin

#17. It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line.

Ashleigh Brilliant

#18. The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).

Dawn Powell

#19. Accomplishment comes from making positive efforts, even in the face of negative circumstances.

Ralph Marston

#20. He bore no grudge against those he had wronged.

Simone Signoret

#21. Anyone can battle for pride, power, vanity, greed, or hate, but war should always be approached with an equal measure of wisdom and strength. It's not just enough to know when to fight, but to know when to lay down the sword and negotiate. Not everything in the world is worth fighting for.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#22. Everything - our houses, our clothes, our hairstyles - is meant to help us forget ourselves and to protect us from vanity, greed and envy, which are just forms of selfishness. If we have little, and want for little, and we are all equal, we envy no one.

Veronica Roth

#23. Love is responsible for nearly every kind of insanity in the world though greed, vanity, and pure meanness contribute their portion to general misery.

P.N. Elrod

#24. The playful kitten, with its pretty little tigerish gambols, is infinitely more amusing than half the people one is obliged to live with in the world.

Sydney, Lady Morgan