Entitlement spendingöthe politics of greed wrapped in the language of love.

-Armey, Dick (Richard Keith)
  On President  Johnson's legacy to his party. In the US News &  World Report,12 Dec.

The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody; in another sense, and at the same time, he needs no one at all.

-Baldwin,James Arthur
Nobody Knows My Name,'Alas, Poor Richard'.

L'avarice commence o  u' la pauvrete¤   cesse. Greed begins where poverty ends.

-Balzac, Honore¤   de
  Illusions perdues,'Les deux po e' tes'.

Collecting is the only socially commendable form of greed.

-Schwartz, Eugene M
  In the NewYorkTimes,7 Sep.

The desire to make money is a symptom of all sorts of emotional disturbancesögreed is only one of them.

-van deWetering,Janwillem
  The Maine Massacre.