Sentences with phrase «greed does»

(I'm not unsympathetic to complaints about our crazy quilt of regulation, but getting rid of restraints on greed doesn't appear to work.)

The most alarming outcome is that greed does play a huge role.

Are you saying greed doen't exist in the church?

It seems that greed did a better job of making the economy go weak at the knees, than tackling global warming might ever have done.

But that lawyer's judgment may not be perfect, even if litigation complications or greed do not cloud that judgment.

Not exact matches

Many of the things we do not like to see in people — duplicity, greed, malice, and selfishness — she was completely innocent of.

Was it ambition, greed, or naïvité that did her in?

«This has nothing to do with greed for Garth.

We don't know whether officials who lather slavish praise on Xi actually believe anything of what they say or are acting out purely out of fear and greed.

Does the experience reflect an attitude of generosity, rather than one of greed or manipulation?

Heath points out that, when asked about what motivates wrongdoing, most people say it has a lot to do with greed, or with other deep character flaws.

No, don't worry, this isn't going to be one of those ill - conceived «greed is what makes capitalism work» diatribes.

Douglas, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Gekko, does an excellent job of showing what power and greed can do as well as the importance of morals in the business world.

After all, he argued, if you're looking for greed, the best examples aren't bankers, but rather the actors and producers and miscellaneous talentless celebrities who gleefully rake in millions in La La Land for doing next to nothing.

When you have these kinds of price hikes, which in some cases I believe are just simply criminal and they are done because of greed, it's like putting a gun to somebody's head and saying you need to pay me this very high price for the drug or you die.

What you've got to do is focus on your greed for less.

Don't be fooled with greed.

«There is a degree of cynicism and greed which is really quite shocking... and that does suggest that there are some very wide cultural issues that need to be strongly addressed.»

It is impressive what gold can do when it is freed from the chains of greed, looting, and official corruption.

They eliminate the factors associated with human trading since they trade without any attached feelings and they, therefore, don't suffer from greed which is the main reason behind the losses that most binary options traders in the world make.

So many traders have succumbed to greed because they didn't have enough investment capital to achieve a worthwhile return.

Well first of all, tell me: Is there some society you know that doesn't run on greed?

or to paraphrase it, do the launching team really need that much money, or is it just greed?

«Fear and greed, most notable among counterproductive emotions where money is the object of human desire, can and often do compromise the capacity for rational and orderly thought» Frank Martin

The problem is that ultraconservatives and fundamentalists don't think you can challenge «what God has built» and that allows them to justify greed and lets corruption run amok.

Oh, and don't forget we have immortal souls too, because I don't like the idea of not existing in some form or another for the rest of eternity, what I have on this beutiful earth is just not enough to satisfy the greed for more...

And whether or not Jesus ever spoke about economies, I dare you to say that he did not speak out about greed, and talk about how all, especially those with the most, had a duty to those with the least.

My God and my Jesus believe in tolerance and love - not greed, hate, intolerance, etc. as do the far right conservatives.

Why does Mr. Santorum ignore the sin that has plagued the American and world economies for many years — GREED!

@BRC: And whether or not Jesus ever spoke about economies, I dare you to say that he did not speak out about greed

His greed was pretty depraved, but it defined much of what he did and said.

Don't forget adultery, gluttony, greed, drunkards, etc...

I don't think the human GREED within the financial industry has much to do with understanding science and technology.

If you truly believe that you will have to stand before God one day and account for yourself you don't want to have a history of selfishness, greed and indifference for the least among them.

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»...!?

People do bad things when they are motivated by greed.

So what I say what ever you are on just do good and purify soul from human greed sand impurities.

In fact, Jesus had more to say about the the dangers of greed, love of possessions, and the lack of compassion for the the «poor» and the «least of these» than he did about any other single subject in christian scripture.

It's stunning that people would do this over giving the money to people that need it — it shows a brazen lack of compassion and a sense of greed and avarice that is truly frightening.

Hawking «But Kim, don't you realize we are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity.

Has nothing to do with greed.

look what you and your ilk have done to this country in the name of personal greed.

doing what's best for oneself doesn't equate with greed.

U2 didn't know it was such a hand - me down, and neither did I. Both they and I would have been insulted to have been told that there was something communist - like about the idea of modern greed / capitalism causing modern wars.

That means leave your desputes behind and chase the race for the Holy Goal of ending corruption, mischief, bringing back justice and peace, end poverty and starvations, ending monopoly and unlimited greeds of men... But are doing that or not?

The teachings on judgment, greed, forgiveness, love, and do unto others falls in here.

Would I be right in guessing the meaning you want to convey is that pastors / the church are often driven by greed and that giving financially to the church doesn't necessarily result in attending to the needs of the vulnerable?

When you have a world filled with liars and adulterers and murderers and greed and selfishness (even though we know what's right and what's wrong but we do it anyway) and the God that created you loves you so much that he needs to sacrifice his Son for all of us who have not kept his Law, in order to wipe out those terrible sins, then you should be praying that you're counted as one who kept his Laws.

Although I'm a somewhat spotty attender of church, I really like our priest because he does preach against greed, the wars, and about our duty (both as individuals and as a nation) to care for those who are in need, the sick, the very young and the very old.

Common sense is anything but common in a land where some churches teach you to hate people who are different than you, where the media blasts you with unfettered violence and when our schools have been gutted by the greed of those who don't wish to pay to educate the next generation.