Greed quotes

“Man had been created with a hole in his heart, a hole that no possession, power, or knowledge could fill. And in his infinite greed, man dreamed of expanding his dominion over the entire Earth.”
Sir John Hurt - Professor Broom

“- Alex Montel: American Greed.
- Jim Street: Shut up.
- Alex Montel: So reliable.
- Street: Shut Up! Another officer is dead because you shot your mouth off.”

Olivier Martinez - Alex Montel
Colin Farrell - Jim Street

“I want you to show right now how much you love God! I want you to show as your tithe! I want you to open up your hearts! And open up your wallets! And open up your purses! And give it up! Praise the Lord! Somebody's been talking about me, talking about I've been riding around in a Cadillac! If you love me, and you wanna give to me, then I should...” (continue)(continue reading)
Gerald Orange - Pastor John

“To be quite frank, Kevin, the fabric of the universe is far from perfect. It was a bit of botched job, you see. We only had seven days to make it. And that's where this comes in. This is the only map of all the holes. Well, why repair them? Why not use them to get stinking rich?”
David Rappaport - Randall

“- Governor Ratcliffe: It's time to start digging.
- Ben: Digging?
- Governor Ratcliffe: Why, of course. Let's not forget what the Spanish found when they came to the New World. Gold! Mountains of it. Why, for years they've been ravaging the New World of its most precious resources. But now it's our turn.”
David Ogden Stiers - Governor Ratcliffe
Billy Connolly - Ben

“- Powhatan: This is what we feared. The paleface is a demon, the only thing they feel at all is greed.
- Kekata: Beneath that milky hide, there's emptiness inside.”

Russell Means - Powhatan
Gordon Tootoosis - Kekata

“First, I will freeze the city, then I will hold Gotham ransom. Unless the city bows for my demands, it's winter forever in Gotham. The city fathers will have no choice but to give me the billions I need to complete my research, then I can find the cure.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Mr. Freeze

“I know cats who'd take out whole zip codes for that kind of cheese.”
Samuel L. Jackson - John Shaft

“Greed is the only snake that cannot be charmed.”
Tom Wu - Lord John

“I am General Zod. Your ruler. Yes, today begins a new order. Your lands, your possessions, your very lives, will gladly be given in tribute to me, General Zod! In return for your obedience you will enjoy my generous protection. In other words you will be allowed to live.”
Terence Stamp - General Zod

“I-I killed. So I maimed. So I destroyed one innocent life after another. Aren't I a human being? Don't I yearn, and ache, and shop? Don't I deserve love... and jewelry?”
Joan Cusack - Debbie Jellinsky

“- Begleiter: With you mom's share of the inheritance, your dad's life insurance, there's more than enough for you and Rhett, for the rest of your lives. There's more than enough for the rest of your lives.
- Ruby Baker: Well, then obviously you don't know Rhett.”
Bruce Dern - Begleiter
Leelee Sobieski - Ruby Baker

“- Columbus: Why do you want to help me?
- Santangel: Faith, hope, charity. But greater than all these is banking.”
Gérard Depardieu - Columbus
Frank Langella - Santangel

“- Ameribanx Bank Manager: What happened to Phil?
- Dick Harper: Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by an invasive streptococcus.
- Ameribanx Bank Manager: What?
- Dick Harper: Flesh-eating disorder. Its all over the money. Might wanna wash your hands.”
Garrett M. Brown - Ameribanx Bank Manager
Jim Carrey - Dick Harper

“Greed is for amateurs. Disorder, chaos, anarchy: now that's fun!”
Michael Wincott - Top Dollar

“People will swim through shit if you put a few bob in it.”
Peter Sellers

“You know women, mate. Like monkeys, they are. Won't let go of one branch until they've got a grip on the next!”
Dougray Scott - Sean Ambrose

“- The Frog - Jean-Baptiste: Gold would be your ruin, Captain. It would cost us our heads.
- Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red: It's easier to live without a head than without gold, you numbskull!”
Cris Campion - The Frog - Jean-Baptiste
Walter Matthau - Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red

“You can't have your cake and eat it too.”
Ashley Olsen - Alex

“- Lickboot: Just pray the police find her, or we're doomed to return to the ranks of the peasantry. And you'd better hope this rumor that dashing Daddy Starling may have survived the avalanche is just a rumor, or we'll be worse than ordinary. We'll be...
- Aunt Pristine Figg: Don't say it!
- Lickboot: Poor.”

Tony Jay - Lickboot
Charlotte Rae - Aunt Pristine Figg

“Let his greed meet his imagination.”
Nicolas Cage - Roy Waller

“When money talk, few are deaf.”
Sidney Toler - Charlie Chan

“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.”
Michael Douglas - Gordon Gekko

“Your simplicity long ended, when you took Persian mistresses and children, and you thickened your holdings with plunder and jewels... Because you have fallen in love with all the things in life that destroy men... do you not see... and you, as well as I, know, that as the years decline and the memories stale and all your great victories fade it...” (continue)(continue reading)

Colin Farrell - Alexander

“- Eden Brent: There you are. Mr. Purcell, you have been stealing our dog yummies and eating them.
- Warner Purcell: Absolutely not. That's an outrageous suggestion.
- Eden Brent: Then let me see in your pockets.
- Warner Purcell: Would I eat dog food?
- Eden Brent: You'd eat anything that didn't eat you first, you big fat pot of helium.”
Tracey Ullman - Eden Brent
Jim Broadbent - Warner Purcell