A Quote by Oliver Stone

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.

Oliver Stone

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Oliver Stone
American - Director
Born: September 15, 1946

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies and cuts through to the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

Michael Douglas

Greed is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed will save the U.S.A.!

Michael Douglas

When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of water from a lotus leaf.

Gautama Buddha

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.

Michael Douglas

Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run on greed? What is greed?

Milton Friedman

The original sin of Republicans is greed. Everyone understands greed. Everybody wants to get theirs. The original sin of Democrats is pity. Greed is more attractive, and a better motivator, than pity.

John Scalzi

Greed is gross. Greed is vile. Greed sucks.

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

We've all heard about Wall Street greed. I think people are now starting to be a little bit more sensitized to Washington greed - the greed for power and control over our lives and our economy.

Jeb Hensarling

Is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run on greed? What is greed?

Milton Friedman

I didn't do it because of the underlying greed that's prevailing, but it is about greed, doing the right thing at the right time using your clout when you have it and what for and what reason.

Danny DeVito

It didn´t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed.

Stephen King

Greed is good to most economists. It's greed that makes people work harder, be more productive and helps the economy grow.

Rebecca M. Blank

Greed may not be good, but it’s not so bad either. You humans think greed is just for money or power, but everyone wants something they can’t have.

Hiromu Arakawa

How to get rid of the greed is the point and to get rid of the greed is that if I buy something - for whom should I buy this one, for whom should I buy? Ah, this will be all right for another friend of mine, like that. If you train your mind on these lines, not for yourself, but for others, then you'll be amazed this greed will run away and you'll have joy.