Sentences with phrase «by greed for»

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?

It's part melodrama, part morality play and part thriller, more Dorian Gray as Bram Stoker and infused with a heady alchemic brew of ancient science, supernatural shadows, mutant organisms, demented villains driven by a greed for youth and one man's struggle for his soul.

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.»

At some point, any hopes of greed and crossing the bonds for some decent coin get replaced by fear.

And they get to go for it by decrying greed.

These are men greeds and are unrelated to religion nor it is in favor of religions... religion is a direct spritual connection between the Servent and his GOD... that was what most of us knew before we were spoiled by the «Islamic Belt Idea» that the West had introduced and marketed it in our MidEast area towards encouraging youth to join militants in «Jihad» establishing that belt surrounding and fighting the communists in Afghanistan and some Asian countries... Well now that has spoiled our life coming back on us and you but I do not see why should we innocents pay for your «Political Games»...!?

European colonization was undeniably, heavily influenced by religion, though it would be difficult to break down the percentages of how much each motive (religion, trade, greed for «free gold») influenced the event.

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.

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.»

In these last years, scarred by AIDS, by the dominant culture of greed and violence, and by personal loss and pain, I have come to see more distinctly the vital link between the healing process (traditionally the prerogative of religious and medical traditions) and the work of liberation (assumed to be the business of revolutionary movements for justice).

In these last years scarred by AIDS, by the dominant culture of greed and violence, and by personal loss and pain, the author has come to see more distinctly the vital link between the healing process (traditionally the prerogative of religious and medical traditions) and the work of liberation (assumed to be the business of revolutionary movements for justice).

«Can human nature which has been so long conditioned by the stimuli of capitalism,» asked the CENTURY, «discipline itself while still subject to the same stimuli, to the point of curtailing its greed for profits when profits are to be had?»

For Berry, American history has been defined by the greed of the «boomers.»

In 1992, for example, when George Will argued that «in the greed - soggy 1980s charitable giving by individuals and corporations increased dramatically,» he was using an analysis of AAFRC data.

Men and women who met on the free market to exchange shoes and wheat, Dr. Smith conceded, were motivated by greed, the desire to pay less for what they bought and to receive more for what they sold.

This guy is the Anna Nicloe Smith of conservatism — completely devoid of talent, driven only by greed, and famous for absolutely nothing beyond making a foolish spectacle of himself.

Selfishness, greed, judgementalism, hate, etc. are not the sort of qualities I would suggest you can defend on that day by explaining that those poor, needy people were deemed unworthy by you & yours for breaking the man - made idea that crossing an imaginary line on his Earth to seek a better life makes one of God's children unworthy of compassion and help vis - a-vis the lesson of the Gospels.

If you're a so - called Christian that is not aware of what Christ demands for you to gain eternal life in Heaven, then you have been blinded by your greed.

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».

vince: «I don't know what history books you're referring to, but at the top of all the greed and desire for power has always been a ruler who insists he is chosen by god.»

It is amusing how it is considered a crime to condemn the greed of the ever richer wealthy class, but it is okay for churches to keep condemning the poor for their own condition of being exploited by the irch.

I don't know what history books you're referring to, but at the top of all the greed and desire for power has always been a ruler who insists he is chosen by god.

By mathematical probability mainly, with an added dose of history, we can (with much evidence) conclude that the bible has VERY likely been messed with and changed to suit those in power and to influence those for the purpose of greed.

We praise and applaud greed, gluttony, sexual promiscuity, lying, coveting, adultery, etc, every day by what we buy, what we watch, what we read, who we cheer for, who we vote for, what activities we participate in and attend, etc..

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.

I noticed that you said «society idolizes lust, greed, envy, sloth, pride of life, desire for knowledge, desire for power, desire for revencge, gluttony with food etc «followed by «Transcend the temporal world.»

YHWH represents righteousness, and for us not to have any in difference, hate, and greed, nor poverty, etc., we are all important to Him, and is why He made His law of life for us to live righteously by to prolong our days, but what we wanted in this world is to be for the have, and the have not which is the main operation of «force» and «control» in this so called civilization to allow greed, and selfishness.

Mass Debater, hawaii, Unfortunately, doing right is an abstraction for many, if not all, but doing right by one another, this is what brings a loving, and peaceful and a prolonged life doing righteously among us all, and until then well, people will endure sufferings from in difference, greed, imposed poverty, sickness, hate, war, perversion, stealing, etc..

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

This idea wasnt inspired by Jesus rather Obama's need to be relected for a second term and his greed.

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...

It is not «un-Christian» to make political judgments — judgments that are fallible and invariably implicate us in worldly affairs touched by greed and the lust for power.

By the way... I was a believer for 35 years, just got tired of all the lies, twists, deceit, editing, greed and bull $ 4it.

The conditions that make human trafficking possible and profitable arise not just in the poor countries that supply slaves but wherever the demand for unprotected labor is outmatched only by the wealth and greed of those who pay for it.

However, for many, the commonalities exemplified in law, politics, science, technology, and culture seem artificial and subject to distortion by greed and imperial impulse.

Ask yourself why Ferguson was happy to allow the likes of David Beckham, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Jaap Stam and Cristiano Ronaldo to leave the club, when seemingly their intentions to do so were not motivated by greed, yet a young upstart tells the club «I want an obscene wage like the players at Man City, if you don't give it to me then I am off» and for some reason rather than choosing to cash in on a player who appears to not know the meaning of the word «loyalty» (just ask Everton supporters), instead hands the player the biggest deal in the club's rich history.

It could also be one of the oldest tricks in the book: A guaranteed, for - pay disaster, built by cynicism and greed, and validated on the viewer's part only by a desperation for something like novelty and a persistent morbid curiosity.

this is what you get for the previous share holders selling to Kronke and no other, the departure of david dein, the retaining of wenger, tolerating sub standard management and on field performances, retaining deadwood over the use by date, i have supported arsenal since 1979 our club is just a cash cow for a greedy disinterested owner to prop up his other interests, lets hope we do not get relegated under this owner / management fiasco, they will take their money and run, we will be left to clean up and re-build, football before greed, concerned supported.

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.

Kroenke came not fueled by love for the club by rather greed.

etc Every single word you have written nails this evolutionary, natural process ALL mothers and babies go through, and how modern society (driven by greed) is constantly throwing product after product in our faces convincing us we need to buy all this shit for a smoother motherhood journey.....

Silver, who for years was one of the most powerful politicians in the state, was «blinded by greed,» Assistant U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in opening statements.

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.

New York Governor Cuomo, at a large union rally to raise the minimum wage in New York City's Union Square, called out fast food chains McDonald's and Burger King by name Thursday and accused them of «corporate greed» for underpaying workers.

City Councilman Bill Perkins, a former state senator, called the Senate GOP - Independent Democratic Conference coalition «corrupt» and called it «a damn shame that (Stewart - Cousins) was betrayed for no good reason except the greed and foolishness of the IDC led by Jeff Klein.»

Sheldon Silver, who for years was one of the most powerful politicians in the state, was «blinded by greed,» Assistant U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in opening statements at Silver's bribery trial in federal court in Manhattan.

Governor Cuomo, at a large union rally in NYC's Union Square to raise the minimum wage, called out fast food chains McDonalds and Burger King by name and accused them of «corporate greed» for under paying workers.

The PDP noted that the confusion, backstabbing and vicious scheming in the APC was a tragic testimony of a party that had become politically decapitated by the «evident dishonesty, greed, selfishness and lust for power by its incompetent leaders.»

New Yorkers feel betrayed by a self - serving political class better known these days for greed and criminality than for innovative and prudent commitment to public service.