Line #75 Quotes/Greed


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4	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
5	->''"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 [[ImmortalitySeeker eternity's topping the list]]!"''
6	-->--- '''[[AnthropomorphicPersonification Greed]]''', ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
7
8	->''"More... More... I want more..."''
9	-->-- '''Ganon''', ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast2005''
10	[[/folder]]
11
12	[[folder:Comic Books]]
13	->''"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."''
14	-->--- '''Matt Murdock/Daredevil''' describing '''William Fisk/The Kingpin''', ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}''
15
16	->''What's mine is mine\
17	and mine and mine,\
18	And mine, and mine, and mine!\
19	Not'' yours!
20	-->-- '''Orange Lantern Oath''', ''ComicBook/GreenLantern''
21	[[/folder]]
22
23	[[folder:Fan Fiction]]
24	->''"You know something Vlad, you can't look me in eye and honestly tell me that your life has been all that terrible! It just wasn't ENOUGH for you! You could take away everything that ever meant anything to anyone, and the rest of the world besides, and it STILL wouldn't be enough for you! Never enough MONEY! Never enough Attention! Never enough... EVERYTHING!"''
25	-->-- '''Maddie Fenton''' to '''Vlad Plasmius''', ''Fanfic/FacingTheFutureSeries''
26
27	->'''Spike:''' This [wedding ring] is my most valuable possession. Not because of what it is, but what it signifies.\
28	'''Smaug:''' That is the thing you have which holds most value? Then I desire it.\
29	'''Spike:''' Why? I mean, it's my wedding ring... That's why it matters to me.\
30	'''Smaug:''' Because you have it, and I do not.
31	-->-- ''Fanfic/TheMLPLoops''
32	[[/folder]]
33
34	[[folder:Film -- Animation]]
35	->'''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny:''' What's with you, anyway?\
36	'''WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck:''' I can't help it. I'm a greedy slob. It's my hobby.
37	-->-- "WesternAnimation/AliBabaBunny"
38
39	->''"Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine."''
40	-->-- '''Seagulls''', ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''
41
42	->''"When will you realize? The more you take, the less you have."''
43	-->-- '''Oogway''' to '''Kai''', ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3''
44
45	->''At first I didn't realize\
46	I needed all this stuff\
47	I had a little cottage\
48	And that cottage was enough\
49	A place where I could sit and knit\
50	A place where I could sell my Thneeds\
51	But now I have a little time\
52	To reassess my needs\
53	And I need a bigger office\
54	I need a bigger chair\
55	A bigger desk, a bigger staff\
56	A bigger hat to wear\
57	[[AmbitionIsEvil Because I'm biggering\
58	I'm figuring on biggering\
59	And biggering\
60	Is triggering\
61	More biggering]]''
62	-->-- '''[[CorruptCorporateExecutive The Once-Ler]]''', ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012'', "[[CutSong Biggering]]"
63
64	->''"[[VillainousGlutton And I want my Spuddies]]. [[TrademarkFavoriteFood I love those things]]. 'Cause with a Spuddie, enough just isn't enough."''
65	-->-- '''Vincent''', ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge''
66
67	->''"Besides, you and I both know the real power in this world ain't magic. It's money! Buckets of it!"''
68	-->-- '''Dr. Facilier''', ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''
69
70	->'''Miguel:''' Any... regrets?\
71	'''Tulio:''' You mean besides dying? Yeah. I never... had enough... gold.
72	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado''
73
74	->''"We've ''got'' to have... '''moneyyyyyyyyy.'''"''
75	-->-- '''Lickboot''', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie''
76
77	->''"I stole them Night Howlers so I could sell 'em. They offered me what I couldn't refuse: Money."''
78	-->-- '''Duke Weaselton''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''
79	[[/folder]]
80
81	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
82	->''"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!"''
83	-->-- '''Pinky''', ''Film/BlackBeltJones''
84
85	->''"They always want more. They already have everything. And still, they want more."''
86	-->-- '''Dr. Kritzinger''' on [[StateSec the S.S.]], ''Film/Conspiracy2001''
87
88	->''"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..."''
89	-->-- '''Auric Goldfinger''', ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''
90
91	->''"When it comes to money, things get funny."''
92	-->-- '''The Blacksmith''', ''Film/TheManWithTheIronFists''
93
94	->''"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."''
95	-->-- '''{{God}}''', ''Film/OhGod''
96
97	->''"Flesh is weak, blood is cheap\
98	Inconsistent consistently\
99	Use your sense, save your cents\
100	The only thing with persistence is gold!"''
101	-->-- '''Rotti Largo''', ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera''
102
103	->''"All for one... and more for me!"''
104	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/CardinalRichelieu''', ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993''
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106	->''"The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good. Greed is right. Greed works. [[TheSocialDarwinist 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."''
107	-->-- '''Gordon Gekko''', ''Film/WallStreet''
108
109	->''"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."''
110	-->-- '''Jordan Belfort''', ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet''
111	[[/folder]]
112
113	[[folder:Literature]]
114	->''"[Drevin's] got as much money as anyone could possibly want; but the funny thing is, people like that -- they always want more."''
115	-->-- '''Joe Byrne''', ''Literature/AlexRider'', "Ark Angel"
116
117	->''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.''
118	-->-- ''Literature/TheDeathOfWCW''
119
120	->''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.''
121	-->--- '''Smaug''''s reaction when he discovers that Bilbo stole an insignificant cup from [[DragonHoard his hoard]], ''Literature/TheHobbit''
122
123	->''"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."''
124	-->-- '''Thorin Oakenshield''', ''Literature/TheHobbit''
125
126	->''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.''
127	-->-- '''Creator/GKChesterton''', ''A Miscellany of Men''
128
129	->''"[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."''
130	-->-- '''Monster Dionysus''', ''Literature/{{Monster}}''
131
132	->''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.''
133	-->-- ''Literature/NicholasNickleby''
134
135	->''"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]]."''
136	-->-- '''Sebastian Blackland''', ''The Wolf and the Manticore'', by Greg Van Eekhout
137	[[/folder]]
138
139	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
140	->''"'''DON'T YOU TOUCH MY MONEY!'''"''
141	-->-- '''Walter White''', ''Series/BreakingBad''
142
143	->''"This mailbox is mine\
144	And this triagonal sign\
145	That blue balloon\
146	The month of June\
147	[[MemeticMutation They're mine, mine, mine, mine, mine!]]"''
148	-->-- '''Stingy''', ''Series/LazyTown''
149
150	->''"All I need is cash\
151	Give me all your money\
152	Give back the money\
153	Give me all your money!"''
154	-->-- '''Tammy {{Whamm\|y}}ette''', ''Series/PressYourLuck'', in a parody of Music/TheSupremes
155	[[/folder]]
156
157	[[folder:Music]]
158	->''I want it all, I want it all,\
159	Won't stop at all 'till I've got it all\
160	I want it all, I want it all\
161	Won't stop at all 'till I've got it all\
162	It's everybody's dream\
163	To conquer everything\
164	If you want it all, you want it all\
165	Don't stop at all\
166	'Till you've got it all''
167	-->-- '''Music/JTMusic''', "[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare Want It All]]"
168
169	->''Money, it's a crime\
170	Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie''
171	-->-- '''Music/PinkFloyd''', "[[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon Money]]"
172	[[/folder]]
173
174	[[folder:Mythology and Religion]]
175	->''Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.''
176	-->-- ''Literature/TheBible'', '''[[Literature/BookOfEcclesiastes Ecclesiastes 5:10]]'''
177	[[/folder]]
178
179	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
180	->''"The world is full of worthy things, and they should all belong to you."''
181	-->-- '''Motto of {{Mammon}}, Prince of Greed''', ''TabletopGame/InNomine''
182
183	->''Of all the traditional deadly sins, greed is the most pernicious. For love of money, people have murdered, robbed, enslaved, betrayed, and taken nations to war with each other. To greed, material wealth is the only worthwhile thing in life. It is God, savior, and means to power all wrapped up in one neat bank account. It replaces morality. Anything that earns money is good, anything which loses money is evil. There is nothing more to know.\
184	As long as there is more out there to be owned, the greedy man cannot rest on his laurels. The desire to own more, acquire more, and control more will slay any temporary satisfaction he might have with his estate. The world itself is not enough. Acquisition becomes an addiction that grows as it is fed -- a restless, burning hunger that demands constant attention. A greedy person becomes incapable of seeing anyone or anything without instantly wondering how to profit from them. Greed has no friends; only dupes, slaves, and rivals.''
185	-->--''TabletopGame/InNomine: Superiors 4: Rogues to Riches''
186	[[/folder]]
187
188	[[folder:Video Games]]
189	->'''Dr. Mary Phillips:''' Ask your accountant if you can register them as dependents. Then hide most of your net worth offshore in a complex money laundering system designed to support the drugs trade. Then you can pay virtually no taxes and complain how awful you think the ''whole'' country is, knowing you're doing as little as possible to help!\
190	'''Caller:''' Cool, thanks! That's good advice!\
191	'''Dr. Peyton Phillips:''' I am appalled at you, Mary Phillips.\
192	'''Mary:''' Ugh. ''Why?''\
193	'''Peyton:''' Because that man has '''a garden full of corpses''' and you're talking about '''''MONEY LAUNDERING!'''''\
194	'''Mary:''' Yes, [[LetNoCrisisGoToWaste it's a great opportunity for some profit-centric thinking]]!
195	-->-- "I Say, You Say", ''Radio/GTARadio''
196
197	->''"You'd have to be a moron to turn down infinite wealth for some stupid ideals!"''
198	-->-- '''Caravan''', ''VideoGame/JojosBizarreAdventureThe7thStandUser'', [[spoiler:Betrayal Ending]]
199
200	->''"The Morgans fear what may not be purchased, for a trader cannot comprehend a thing that is priceless."''
201	-->-- '''Sister Miriam Godwinson''', ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''
202
203	->''"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."''
204	-->-- '''CEO Nwabudike Morgan''', ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''
205
206	->''"Greed is good."''
207	-->-- '''The Administrator/Helen''', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''
208
209	->''"Ammo... Rations... All mine!"''
210	-->-- '''The Brawler''', ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000Darktide''
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212
213	[[folder:Web Original]]
214	->'''Chris Sims:''' 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]].\
215	'''David Uzumeri:''' Catwoman's picture is of her insanely Hal Jordanning it for the camera like it's ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/9/91/Green_Lantern_Vol_3_49.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090105232256 #49]].
216	-->-- ''[=ComicsAlliance=]'' [[http://comicsalliance.com/batman-1966-review-2/ on]] ''Film/BatmanTheMovie''
217
218	->''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.''
219	-->-- ''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/12/20/today-in-not-great-decisions-nicki-minaj-performed-for-a-dictator/ DListed]]'', "Today in Not-Great Decisions"
220
221	->''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 [[YourSoulIsMine take my soul]] and [[OrganTheft any of my working organs]]."''
222	-->-- '''Michael K.''', ''[[http://dlisted.com/2008/03/26/give-it-a-leg/ DListed]]'', "Give It a Leg!"
223
224	->''Creator/GeorgeLucas: Someone blind to the {{irony}} of their [[RagsToRiches rags-to-riches]] story.''\
225	[[Film/ANewHope He's more machine now than man, twisted & evil....]]
226	-->-- ''Website/UrbanDictionary''
227	[[/folder]]
228
229	[[folder:Western Animation]]
230	->''"My one and only dream -- which was to possess money -- has come true!"''
231	-->-- '''Grunkle Stan''', ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''
232
233	->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Do you even know what you just stole?!\
234	'''Corrupted Rarity:''' No, but if you want it, ''I'' want it!
235	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony, Part 2]]"
236
237	->'''Homer:''' Ya know, Mr. Burns, you're the richest guy I know -- [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative way richer than Lenny]].\
238	'''Mr. Burns:''' Yes, but [[TheRichWantToBeRicher I'd trade it all for a little more]].
239	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E12MountainOfMadness Mountain of Madness]]"
240
241	->''"Am I really going to defile this grave for money...? Of course I am!"''
242	-->--'''Mr. Krabs''', ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''
243
244	->''"More! More! More! More! More! More! [[Memes/SpongeBobSquarePants MOAR!]] More! More! More! More! More! More! MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!"''
245	-->-- '''Mr. Krabs''', ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''
246
247	->''"Cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching-er-ee\
248	There's nothing on earth like the feeling of greed!\
249	There's nothing on earth...\
250	Like the feeling of greed!\
251	[[SignatureLaugh Arr-har-har-har-har-har!]]"''
252	-->-- '''Mr. Krabs''', ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''
253	[[/folder]]
254
255	[[folder:Real Life]]
256	->''A covetous man is good to none, but worst to himself.''
257	-->-- '''Latin proverb'''
258
259	->''"He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."''
260	-->-- '''Creator/{{Socrates}}'''
261
262	->''"There's nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes [[{{Koan}} when riches possess men]]."''
263	-->-- '''Billy Graham'''
264
265	->''"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."''
266	-->-- '''Creator/{{Laozi}}'''
267
268	->''"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 money's sake."''
269	-->-- '''John D. Rockefeller'''
270	[[/folder]]

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