Martin Amis Quotes

The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen appetites.

Social networks do best when they tap into one of the seven deadly sins. Facebook is ego. Zynga is sloth. LinkedIn is greed.

Pride, envy, avarice—these sparks Have set on fire the hearts of all men.

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.

The corruption of the American soul is consumerism.

The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little.

My weak spot is laziness. Oh, I have a lot of weak spots: cookies, croissants.

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.

Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.

For greed, all nature is too little.

Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by one of the seven cardinal sins.

We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.

… an avalanche of avarice

… a creed of greed

The more you have, the more you want L'appetit vient en mangeant

Avarice is a deadly sin.