The rich are different: they are more ruthless. -- economist Sam Khater
Fuck my victims. -- Bernie Madoff, Ponzi Swindler
A confession has to be part of your new life.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
(LOL says Bernie!)
Greed is the inordinate desire to possess wealth, goods, or objects of abstract value with the intention to keep it for one's self, far beyond the dictates of basic survival and comfort. It is applied to a markedly high desire for and pursuit of wealth, status, and power.
As a secular psychological concept, greed is, similarly, an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs. It is typically used to criticize those who seek excessive material wealth, although it may apply to the need to feel more excessively moral, social, or otherwise better than someone else.
Link to source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greed
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