Sentences with phrase «as by greed»

Social competition is as important as economic, and consumption is motivated by envy, rivalry, and honor as much as by greed.

Not exact matches

Fired by greed and fed by naïveté, these stratagems gone awry offer essential reading for investors as well as students of history, psychology, and human nature.»

«Through unprecedented access to the players involved, he re-creates all the drama and turmoil of these turbulent days, revealing never - before - disclosed details and recounting how, motivated as often by ego and greed as by fear and self - preservation, the most powerful men and women in finance and politics decided the fate of the world's economy.»

«On a personal note, as well as the huge amount of time, stress and effort it takes to continually combat these scams, this whole episode has been extremely depressing — to see my reputation besmirched by such a big company, out of an unending greed to keep raking in its ad cash.»

Mr. Lawson is scathing as to the the City institutions» lack of competence, exceeded only by their greed (always pointing out how much more venal their global partners were, to be sure).

If there is hope, it comes from knowing the enemy that lies within, so that, thus fortified, we can face the enemy without untrammelled by such emotions as greed or (later) fear» Frank Martin

And by the way, destroying the environment, choosing greed as your fundamental principle, and badmouthing everyone who is not exactly likw YOU is not reflecting God in your life.

Dennis: I just find it very curious that you disagree with EVERYTHING I say and now you're questioning my motives as fueled by financial greed.

$ 34.95 We are experiencing a period of unprecedented charitable giving in America (it peaked in 1989 and was precipitated, of course, by what liberals have identified as «the politics of greed»), and we....

Furthermore, the Jews were not motivated here, as Haman was, by greed and self - advancement, but were solely focused on obedience to the Word of God, and focused only on defending themselves, not on profiting from their enemies.

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.

We re-discover the meaning of heroism and friendship as we see the two hobbits clawing their way up Mount Doom; we see again the endless evil of greed and egotism in Gollum, stunted and ingrown out of moral shape by years of lust for the ring; we recognize again the essential anguish of seeing beautiful and frail things - innocence, early love, children — passing away as we read of the Lady Galadriel and the elves making the inevitable journey to the West.

In his encyclical Divini Illius Magistri, issued in 1939, Pope Pius XI deplored the fact that «these most powerful means of publicity, which can be of great utility for instruction and education when directed by sound principles, are only too often used as an incentive to evil passions and greed for gain.»

Using as examples what he saw as the crusaders» thuggish disruption of the equilibrium between civilized Islamic and Eastern Christian lands of the eastern Mediterranean, and their destruction of Byzantium, which they had originally set out to assist, thereby allowing the Ottoman Turks to subjugate half of Christendom, Runciman sought to show how civilization — any civilization — is imperiled once high culture, reason, learning, and moderation are challenged by violent greed and ignorance.

Nor can the crusades be simply written off as a conflict «fuelled by fear, greed and hatred.».

They are fueled by greed and suffering (just as Christ's own betrayed him.)

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.

God has addressed his messages to generations through chosen one's to remind and warn those evil doers and the ones who are astray to come back to the truth but when messanger gives up on his people God would bring upon them heavy natural disasters, losses and grieves... there among any religions or branches of religions you will find people worship and do good deeds for the sake of God and would do all could to raise his name and belief... there are others who careless for it as a religion or faith but taking advantage of the posts for their own personal vast interest or the gangs interests as named by you... «Those are as a Walves using the Sheeps Skins in Disguise for hunting and feeding its greeds».

As well as eating and drinking, the faithful are expected to abstain from smoking and sexual relations between dawn and dusk, and to abjure lies, slander, greed, covetousness, giving false oath and denouncing someone behind their back (all of these are prohibited throughout the year by IslaAs well as eating and drinking, the faithful are expected to abstain from smoking and sexual relations between dawn and dusk, and to abjure lies, slander, greed, covetousness, giving false oath and denouncing someone behind their back (all of these are prohibited throughout the year by Islaas eating and drinking, the faithful are expected to abstain from smoking and sexual relations between dawn and dusk, and to abjure lies, slander, greed, covetousness, giving false oath and denouncing someone behind their back (all of these are prohibited throughout the year by Islam.

I do not see giving in to greed and corruption, or any form of facism (by the RR) as a possibility, and I do not see giving our country away to illegal immigrants as a requirement.

Our values have «declined» due to the greed purported by those with money, who are both republican and democrat and overwhelmingly self identified as Christian.

This is just the opposite of the magic of the market so celebrated by economists and indicates that what the church has condemned as greed is truly a problem.

That's right, these Christians were grubbing for money, and thus motivated solely by greed, but held themselves out as crusaders for religious freedom.

Yes of course have understood what you meant after all the country is a country of all Egyptians whether Muslim or Christian or Jewish if any... those all have suffered for 30 years in the hands of this dictatorship which cared less for the people of Egypt only was there a greed for their money beside the control of their life and destiny... but above all only people with true faith can achieve what they have achieved, as people with no faith have not that will and power within granted by God to his believers...

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.

The greed is killing people slowly & softly, as most skin problems are caused by damaged digestive system (GMO can do that and scientist still don't know what is the consequences on human body).

Both know how the market operates... the influx of tv money to the premier league has made foreign clubs, by way of greed and jealousy, see the epl as a cash cow to milk for high transfer fees and profit.

I think some of the buys since we last won the trophies haven't worked out as the character and greed by some players was not forseen and they used Arsenal as a stepping stone to better things.

According to Mr. Rawlings during the 38th anniversary of the June 4 celebration practices such as sickening greed, selfishness and corruption that is contrary to the values upheld by the NDC and ideals of June 4 he caused the party's disgraceful defeat at the polls

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.

He described the defendant as someone who was «blinded by greed.»

So poverty is not something to be pitied or alleviated, but condemned as sin and the notion that poverty is a result of inequality or greed and needs to be addressed by the state is not something that sits well with the Protestant work ethic.

He said, «Corruption is not an ethnic thing, there is an equal representation in the stealing as no one operates with his or her ethnic group alone, the culprits are in every case seen so far, united by greed to steal and not by ethnic or religious interest.»

Which is how voters won were lost - by the time the banker - bashing was widespread as City greed had crashed the economy, Labour had lost its ability to vocally criticise the excesses of elites.

The Political Adviser to Chief Bode George, Uthman Shodipe - Dosunmu, has described Governors Ayo Fayose and Nyesom Wike of Ekiti and Rivers states respectively as enemies of the Peoples Democratic Party blinded by greed.

It's time to take away some of profits racked up by American corporations as they destroy the U.S. economy with their greed.

Boris Johnson was enduring one of his worst days as mayor of London today, after a speech in which he praised the role of greed in society was savaged by friends and opponents alike.

Prosecutors say common themes run through many of the political corruption cases: lack of transparency on a politician's outside employment, nonprofits staffed by cronies and used as personal piggy banks, greed and above - the - law arrogance.

The natives are quickly identified by the settlers and the film as antagonists, perhaps the hostiles of the title, and before long they've destroyed the family, their home, and stolen their horses, all seemingly out of primal greed.

The Widowmaker, narrated by Gillian Anderson, is a disheartening portrait of blatant greed, as well as a fascinating examination of the trial and error process used in the scientific method.

As played by Colin Farrell, Alexander is a confused soul, except in his quest to conquer the world, which is ambitious to the point of greed.

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.

As all parties become compromised by greed and ego, we're not sure who the heroes are, because all of these sectors justify their respective logics.

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.

Ocean's motives may not be entirely motivated by financial greed, however, as his ex-wife Tess (Roberts) is currently involved with Benedict (Garcia), the head of the targeted casinos.

Whilst the central characters all get their conflicting say, all are equally ridiculed, reviled, and respected in a film that doesn't so much mock its subjects as much as point the finger of shame and blame at us, the audience, fascinated by this tabloid tale of greed, violence and figure skating.

Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Leon Rom (Waltz).

Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Captain Leon Rom (Waltz).

Healy and Embry are excellently cast as two friends driven to desperation and fueled by greed.