Sentences with phrase «actions by greed»

Why then would we assume that if we continue to choose to guide our actions by greed for short - term gain, rather than the intelligence and wisdom with which we have been gifted, that the natural consequences will not fall upon our heads?

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And he and the other Apostles probably forgot to pay their Roman taxes and the legendary actions by the Romans made them martyrs for future greed.

And he and the other Apostles forgot to pay their Roman taxes and the legendary actions by the Romans made them martyrs for future greed.

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.

In comments at the Vestal Candidate Forum, Mr. Abdelazim stated that he felt the Government, with emphasis on the Federal level, was all controlled by corporate greed — a view echoed by Citizen Action.

The CRL asserts that the recent foreclosure crisis was caused not by low income borrowers, but instead by the greed driven actions and decision making by certain mortgage lenders and brokers; it notes that proposals for raising the minimum credit score requirement and charging higher mortgage insurance premiums up front and annually will obstruct the path to buying a home for some.