“Greed, accident, or malice may have harmful results, but, barring something truly apocalyptic, a resilient system can absorb such results without its overall health being threatened.” MayResultsGreedAccidentsThreatenedMaliceResilientApocalypticOverall Health Author:Jamais Cascio
“In 302, the Roman emperor Diocletian commanded "there should be cheapness," declaring, "Unprincipled greed appears wherever our armies ... march. ... Our law shall fix a measure and a limit to this greed." The predictable result of Diocletian's food price controls were black markets, hunger and food confiscation by his soldiers. Despite the disastrous history of price controls, politicians never manage to resist tampering with prices -- that's not a flattering observation of their learning abilities.” ShouldLawBlackAbilityResultsPoliticianLimitsArmyGreedSoldierHungerDespiteManageObservationMarchPredictableEmperorFlatteringDeclaringCheapnessRoman Emperor Author:Walter E. Williams
“The innocence of those who grind the faces of the poor, but refrain from pinching the bottoms of their neighbour's wives! The innocence of Ford, the innocence of Rockefeller! The nineteenth century was the Age of Innocence--that sort of innocence. With the result that we're now almost ready to say that a man is seldom more innocently employed than when making love.” MenAgeFacesPoorResultsWifeCenturyReadyBottomGreedLustInnocenceMaking LoveEmployedNeighbourGrindNineteenth CenturyRefrainPinchingLove Lust Book:The collected works of Aldous Huxley Source: The collected works of Aldous Huxley
“Peace and the survival of life on earth as we know it are threatened by human activities which lack a commitment to humanitarian values. Destruction of nature and nature's resources result from ignorance, greed and lack of respect for the earth's living things.” KnowsHumansEarthValuesResultsIgnoranceActivitySurvivalCommitmentResourcesDestructionGreedHumanitarianThreatenedLiving ThingsHuman ActivityLack Of RespectDestruction Of Nature Book:My Tibet Source: My Tibet
“what man calls civilizationalways results in desertsman is never on the squarehe uses up the fat and greenery of the eartheach generation wastes a little moreof the future with greed and lust for riches” MenLittlesUseResultsGenerationsWasteGreedRichesLustFatsGreenery Book:The lives and times of Archy and Mehitabel Source: The lives and times of Archy and Mehitabel