History Quotes / Greed

-->-- '''Music/JtMusic''', "[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare Want It All]]"

-->-- '''Music/PinkFloyd''', "Money"

-->-- '''Ganon''', ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa: A Link to the Past''

-->--'''Rotti Largo''', ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera''

-->-- '''Motto of Mammon, Prince of Greed''', ''TabletopGame/InNomine''

-->-- '''Caravan''', ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureThe7thStandUser'', [[spoiler:Betrayal Ending]]

->''Heather even has recordings of Paul admitting he's worth £800 million. Oh shit! I bet Heather does a spot on Music/PaulMcCartney impersonation. Well, [[IdleRich she has nothing else to do all day]]. The recording probably goes something like this, "Ello. My name is Paul [=McCartney=] and I am worth £800 million. Heather Mills is a saint and [[GoldDigger she should receive all my money as well as any money I may make in the future]]. Heather should also [[LifeDrinker take my soul]] and [[OrganTheft any of my working organs]]."''

->''Creator/GeorgeLucas: Someone blind to the irony of their rags-to-riches story.''\\\

->'''Homer:''' Ya knows Mr. Burns, you're the richest guy I know -- [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative way richer than Lenny]].\\

->''"I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for moneys sake."''

->''"They don't call me Greed for nothing. I want money. I want women, status, and power. I want everything this world's selling and eternity's topping the list!"''

-->-- '''[[CorruptCorporateExecutive The Once-Ler]]''', ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'', "[[CutSong Biggering]]"

->''Heather even has recordings of Paul admitting he's worth £800 million. Oh shit! I bet Heather does a spot on Music/PaulMcCartney impersonation. Well, [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob she has nothing else to do all day]]. The recording probably goes something like this, "Ello. My name is Paul [=McCartney=] and I am worth £800 million. Heather Mills is a saint and [[GoldDigger she should receive all my money as well as any money I may make in the future]]. Heather should also [[LifeDrinker take my soul]] and [[OrganTheft any of my working organs]]."''

-->-- '''Ganon''', ''Manga/TheLegendOfZelda: A Link to the Past''

-->-- ''Literature/TheBible'', '''Ecclesiastes 5:10'''

->More... More... I want more...
-->-- '''Ganon''', ''[[Manga/TheLegendOfZelda A Link To The Past]]''

->They don't call me Greed for nothing. I want money. I want women, status, and power. I want everything this world's selling and eternity's topping the list!

->''What's mine is mine \\
and mine and mine, \\
And mine, and mine, and mine! \\

-->--'''Orange Lantern Oath''', ''ComicBook/GreenLantern''

->He won't stop. He'll never stop. He'll just keep murdering. And hurting. And taking. And taking and taking and taking. He thinks he's entitled. He thinks he ''deserves'' everything he takes. And he will never stop.
-->--- '''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}''' describing '''ComicBook/TheKingpin'''

-->-- '''Maddie Fenton''' to '''Vlad Plasmius''', ''FanFic/FacingTheFutureSeries''

->We've ''got'' to have...'''moneyyyyyyyyy'''
-->-- '''Lickboot''', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry: TheMovie''

->''"I stole them Night Howlers so I could sell 'em. They offered me what I couldn't refuse: Money."''
-->--'''Duke Weaselton''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''

->'''Miguel''': Any... regrets?\\
'''Tulio''': You mean besides dying? Yeah. I never... had enough... gold.
-->--''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado''

->''"Besides, you and I both know the real power in this world ain't magic. It's money! Buckets of it!"''
-->--'''Dr. Facilier''', ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''

-->--'''[[CorruptCorporateExecutive The Once-Ler]]''', ''[[CutSong Biggering]]'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax''

->''"When will you realize? The more you take, the less you have."''
-->-- '''Oogway''' to '''Kai''', ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3''

->All for one... and more for me!

->When I put everyone here naked, I wasn't trying to be cute. It was because I didn't wanna create clothes. When you got clothes, you got pockets. When you got pockets, you gotta put something in them.
-->-- ''Film/OhGod''

->The year I turned twenty-six, I made forty-nine million dollars, which really pissed me off because it was three shy of a million a week.

->The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good.\\
Greed is right.\\
Greed works.\\
Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.\\
Greed, in all of its forms -- greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind.\\
And greed -- you mark my words -- will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.
-->-- '''Gordon Gekko''', ''Film/WallStreet''

->They always want more. They already have everything. And still, they want more.
-->-- '''Dr. Kritzinger''' on [[ThoseWackyNazis the S.S]], ''Film/Conspiracy2001''

->''"Mr. Bond, Mr. Bond, all my life I have been in love. I have been in love with gold. I love its colour, its brilliance, its divine heaviness..."''
-->--'''Auric Goldfinger''', ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''

->''"Flesh is weak, blood is cheap\\
Inconsistent consistently\\
Use your sense, save your cents\\
The only thing with persistence is gold!"''
-->--'''Rotti Largo''', ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera''

->''"When it comes to money, things get funny."''
-->--'''The Blacksmith''', ''Film/TheManWithTheIronFists''

->''"Choose money over honey? Shiiiiit! Man, you can pull out my groin, just gimme that coin! Man, I'd rather be dead than not have any bread! Pinky's mama didn't raise no fool!"''
-->--'''Pinky''', ''Film/BlackBeltJones''

->Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
-->--'''[[Literature/TheBible Ecclesiastes 5:10]]'''

->His rage passes description -- the sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they have long had but have never before used or wanted.
-->---'''[[Literature/TheHobbit Smaug's]]''' reaction when he discovers that Bilbo stole an insignificant cup from [[DragonHoard his hoard]]

->If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
-->--'''Thorin Oakenshield''', ''Literature/TheHobbit''

->Gold conjures up a mist about a man, more destructive of all his old senses and lulling to his feelings than the fumes of charcoal.
-->--'''Creator/CharlesDickens''', ''Literature/NicholasNickleby''

->Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are [[TheScrooge egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones]]. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.
-->--'''Creator/GKChesterton''', ''A Miscellany of Men''

->[Drevin's] got as much money as anyone could possibly want; but the funny thing is, people like that - they always want more.

->Magic is coin. It's incredibly powerful, and beautiful and transformative. But to [[EvilSorcerer people like]] [[SorcerousOverlord the Hierarch]], it's just a chit. He'll push down anyone - rival osteomancers, his own people, your people. He'll kill anyone and destroy anything, just as long as he ends up with the most chits. [[PersonOfMassDestruction And he's really, really good at it]].
-->--'''Sebastian Blackland,''' ''The Wolf And The Manticore,'' by Greg Van Eekhout

->[Lotus]'s the reason why [[TheMagicGoesAway magic is disappearing]], because she's strangled nearly all of it out of [[CosmicKeystone the stone]]. She doesn't even want to do anything with it. By now, she should have [[RealityWarper the power to shape the universe]], but she never really learned how to use it properly. Because all she cares about is having it, not using it. She just wants to have it because she doesn't want anyone else to have it.
-->--'''Monster Dionysus,''' ''Literature/{{Monster}}''

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->'''DON'T YOU TOUCH MY MONEY!'''

->''"All I need is cash/Give me all your money/Give back the money/Give me all your money!"''
-->-- '''Tammy {{Whamm|y}}ette''', ''Series/PressYourLuck'', in a parody of Music/TheSupremes

->''This mailbox is mine\\

[[MemeticMutation They're mine, mine, mine, mine, mine!]]''
-->--Stingy, ''Series/LazyTown''

->''Money, it's a crime\\
Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie''
-->--"Money", '''Music/PinkFloyd'''

-->--'''Music/JtMusic''', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Want i]][[VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare t all]]

->''The world is full of worthy things, and they should all belong to you.''
-->--Motto of Mammon, Prince of Greed, ''TabletopGame/InNomine''

'''Mary:''' Yes, [[LetNoCrisisGoToWaste it's a great opportunity for some profit-centric thinking!]]
-->--''I Say, You Say'', Radio/GTARadio

->The Morgans fear what may not be purchased, for a trader cannot comprehend a thing that is priceless.

->"Resources exist to be consumed. And consumed they will be, if not by this generation then by some future. By what right does this forgotten future seek to deny us our birthright? None I say! Let us take what is ours, chew and eat our fill."

->Greed is good.

->You'd have to be a moron to turn down infinite wealth for some stupid ideals!
-->-- '''Caravan''', ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureThe7thStandUser'', [[spoiler: Betrayal Ending]]

->Creator/GeorgeLucas: Someone blind to the irony of their rags-to-riches story.\\\
''He's more machine now than man, twisted & evil....''
-->--'''''Website/UrbanDictionary'''''

->'''Chris:''' The TV screen reveals that there are four criminals currently at large, which, in a city of 10,000,000, speaks pretty highly of Batman’s abilities: The Penguin, the Joker, the Riddler, and of course, Catwoman. Who [[PaperThinDisguise was just in the room.]]\\
'''David:''' Catwoman’s picture is of her insanely Hal Jordanning it for the camera like it’s ''[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/9/91/Green_Lantern_Vol_3_49.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090105232256 Green Lantern #49.]]''
-->--Chris Sims and David Uzumeri [[http://comicsalliance.com/batman-1966-review-2/ on]] ''Film/BatmanTheMovie''

->As if [[Wrestling/ChrisJericho Jericho]] couldn't wait to get out of the company fast enough, his fiancee went to the store one day and bought a Jericho-[[Wrestling/DeanMalenko Malenko]] WCW doll set. Strangely, the receipt claimed that she'd purchased a [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hogan]]-Wrestling/{{Sting}} package. Of course, that meant that Hogan and Sting got the residual revenue from the purchase, not Jericho.
-->--'''R. D. Reynolds''' and '''Bryan Alvarez''', ''Literature/TheDeathOfWCW''

->Thanks to a little thing called The Internet, finding out if you’re about to perform for a dictator-type has never been easier. For example, you could throw their name into a search engine with the words “is maybe a dictator?” and see what comes up. Or you could use email and see if you receive any concerned emails from human rights groups with the subject line: “So I heard you’re about to perform for a dictator…“. Or, if you’re Music/NickiMinaj, you say “Fuck it” and perform for the dictator anyway.
-->--'''''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/12/20/today-in-not-great-decisions-nicki-minaj-performed-for-a-dictator/ DListed]]''''', Today In Not-Great Decisions"

->Heather even has recordings of Paul admitting he’s worth £800 million. Oh shit! I bet Heather does a spot on Music/PaulMcCartney impersonation. Well, [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob she has nothing else to do all day.]] The recording probably goes something like this, ''“Ello. My name is Paul [=McCartney=] and I am worth £800 million. Heather Mills is a saint and [[GoldDigger she should receive all my money as well as any money I may make in the future.]] Heather should also [[LifeDrinker take my soul]] and [[OrganTheft any of my working organs.]]”''
-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2008/03/26/give-it-a-leg/ Michael K.]]''', "Give It A Leg!"

->More! More! More! More! More! More! [[Memes/SpongeBobSquarePants MOAR!]] More! More! More! More! More! More! MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!
--> --- '''Mr. Krabs''', ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''

'''Corrupted Rarity:''' No, but if you want it, '''''I''''' want it!
-->--''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic,'' "The Return of Harmony, Part 2"

->'''Homer''': Ya know Mr. Burns, you're the richest guy I know -- [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative way richer than Lenny.]]\\
'''Mr. Burns''': Yes, but I'd trade it all for a little more.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

->Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine.
-->-- '''Seagulls''', ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''

->'''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny''': "What's with you, anyway?"\\
'''WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck''': "I can't help it. I'm a greedy slob. It's my hobby."
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/AliBabaBunny''

->'''Grunkle Stan''': My one and only dream - which was to possess money - has come true!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''

->''Cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching-er-ee''\\
''There's nothing on earth like the feeling of greed!''\\
''There's nothing on earth...''\\
''Like the feeling of greed!''\\
[[SignatureLaugh Arr-har-har-har-har-har!]]
--> --- '''Mr. Krabs''', ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''

->'''Vincent''': [[VillainousGlutton And i want my Spuddies]]. [[TrademarkFavoriteFood I love those things]]. 'Cause with a Spuddie, enough just isn't enough.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge''

->A covetous man is good to none, but worst to himself.

->He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

->There's nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes [[{{Koan}} when riches possess men.]]

->There is no crime greater than having too many desires. There is no disaster greater than not being content; There is no misfortune greater than being covetous.

->I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for moneys sake.

-->-- '''Oogway''' to '''Kai''', ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''

-->-- '''Lao Tzu'''

->We've ''got'' to have...'''moneyyyyyyyyy'''
-->-- '''Lickboot''', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry: TheMovie''

->I have never understood why is is "greed" to want to keep the money you've earned, but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.
-->--'''Thomas Sowell'''

->I have never understood what is is "greed" to want to keep the money you've earned, but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.