Sentences with phrase «about greed by»

We have enough food to feed everyone and we can cut back on pollution — it's about greed by the top and not the children of the world.

Not exact matches

It is passing strange that the same people who describe ours as a society driven by selfishness and greed are, at the same time, so insouciant about giving people permission to kill others whom they find burdensome.

Systemic suffering and social malfunctioning, therefore, are caused by human greed, self - centeredness, an illusion about power and control, racism, sexism, imperialism, ethnocentrism, and other factors.

Jesus is indignant that the scribes and Pharisees (1) will not enter the kingdom of heaven themselves and stand in the way of others entering it as well; (2) will do almost anything to win a proselyte only to make that proselyte twice as much a child of hell as they are; (3) confuse people by senseless oaths, telling them that if they swear by the Temple, their oath is not binding, but if they swear by the gold of the Temple, it is binding - the fools ought to realize, Jesus says, that the Temple includes all that is in it; (4) tithe some of their money but neglect justice and mercy and faith, which are weightier moral matters, when they ought both to tithe and perform these greater acts of righteousness as well; (5) are careful about outward cleanliness but careless about the inward disposition, so that they are filled with extortion and greed; (6) appear righteous but really are hypocrites, because their appearance hides all manner of iniquity inside; (7) pretend to revere the prophets of history whom their parents killed but continue to practice the evil of their parents by rejecting those whom God sends to them now (Matt.

I also noticed that right after Paul talks about homosexuality in Romans 1:26, he refers to greed, envy, arrogance, and gossip as sins punishable by spiritual death.

(I don't think co-enable is really a word, but since I'm already greedy about garden goodies, and she feeds that greed by nurturing the bitsy seeds I sow with rain and sunshine, I figure we're co-enablers.)

Working in government is supposed to be about public service and yet it has become an environment ruled by greed and money and it frightens me that my children's lives are now at stake.

The statements made loosely by my friends in Dakar about the re-negotiation of taxi prices fit with the notion of the individual's (in this case the taxi man) actions as greed - driven: He is already receiving a salary for his work and therefore should not haggle and re-haggle for «extra» money, regardless of how inadequately paid he is.

«This case is about corruption and greed at the highest levels,» Tierney said, his remark sounding much like one delivered by his colleague in opening statements March 14 in the same Central Islip courtroom.

Critics worry that so narrowly tailoring news to an individual's interests could ultimately create an ideological hall of mirrors, with right - wingers reading only about the latest abuses by the teachers union and the ACLU, the left - wingers seeing nothing but stories about corporate greed and John Ashcroft.

INFECTIOUS GREED BLOG — Oct 10 — Chad and Steven, the YouTube founders, have made a video on YouTube about being bought by Google.

The movie is the second in a trilogy by Von Trier, who has never visited the United States but has set several movies here, all of them generated by his ideas about American greed, racism and the misuse of power.

So says professional killer Jackie Cogan at one point in Killing Them Softly, the third film by New Zealander Andrew Dominik - and considering the filmmaker's efforts to establish a connection between the events in the movie and the economic crisis started in the late 2000s thanks to the greed and lack of scruples of Wall Street, it is easy to see Cogan as an ordinary employee of any company complaining about the lack of vision of his bosses and, on the other hand, the big bankers as Armani - dressing versions of the violent mobsters who inhabit the crime section of the newspapers.

It's a cautionary tale of collective malpractice and personal greed all converging at a moment which helped set about the global economic downturn, and the production design (by regular Wong Kar - wai collaborator William Chang) opts to remove all walls from the aesthetic equation as a way to emphasise that, even though it's a culture which thrives on secrets and subterfuge, there really is nowhere to hide your dirty laundry.

by Walter Chaw Although it closes with thirty minutes of pratfalls and screaming, Big Fat Liar begins its life as a fun revenge fantasy that makes the interesting choice of never being about greed, but rather truth.

When the younger sister she thought was dead arrives on her doorstep, followed closely by a gun - wielding Russian gangster, a shady New York lawyer, and a desperate Connecticut housewife, Shae - Lynn is forced to grapple with the horrible truth she discovers about the life her sister's been living, and with one ominous question: Will her return result in a monstrous act of greed or one of sacrifice?

Overreaction is an emotional response to new information about a security, which is led either by greed or fear.

When thinking about finance, it always is legitimate to start with the premise that banks are driven by greed and that they will seek to squeeze as much out of us as they can.

The Big Short is an excellent book about the mortgage meltdown, those that gamed the rating agencies, those that fell victim to false beliefs and greed, and those that profited by creating investments to short the madness of the crowd.

But no matter how rational & persuasive they may sound, it's mostly driven by fear & greed as they worry about their popularity, their bonuses & their jobs.

And in turn, your reaction (no matter how you agree, or disagree), is mostly driven by fear & greed too... as you worry about possibly exhilarating gains & gut - wrenching losses in your portfolio.

Answer by relswete Well that is people who breed for greed, who do not care about the health or welfare of dogs.

However it looks as though members of this alliance will still publish their own games, its more about saving money by avoiding the revenue share imposed by the country's leading networks: DeNA and Gree.

Motivated by envy and personal greed, West and Zampella went so far as to deliberately undermine the efforts of other developers within the Activision family and then lied about their conduct.

Or is Nintendo so obsessed with money and driven by greed they want everyone to own about fifty copies of every NES era game under the sun?

That was towards the late 80s, when everything was all about money and greed and the me me me, and that was symbolised by power dressing and the knowledge that you would only get into certain clubs if you dressed posh.

For Stephen, Baron & Budd was a good match for his goals to bring about justice to those who have been wronged through no fault of their own: «I saw in Baron & Budd a law firm committed to helping those injured by corporate indifference and greed.

And more about Google and Facebook because of their global reach, access to location and content across all devices, an insatiable greed for user data including collation from all available sources to build detailed long term profiles of individuals, not unlike files by the stasi.