Greedy

Famous quotes containing the word greedy:

“While greedy good-doers, beneficent beasts of prey,
Swarm over their lives enforcing benefits ...”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)

“Such is the end of all who are greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its possessors.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 1:19.

“They are so greedy and impetuous that they are frequently caught by being entangled in the line the moment it is cast.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)