“Some want more than they need and others need more than what they want. That is why we have so many greedy people who cannot share with the poor.”

“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human beings, because they—unlike all companies—have the means of reproduction.”

“Happiness can be a dangerous thing; it can make you greedy for more.”

“Profit should never come at the cost of human blood. Any government that places profit before people is pure evil.”

“What good is having all of the cookies when you can’t eat anymore?”

“I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish… You see, it is difficult to get all which I want. And then when I do not succeed I get mad with anger.”