Edward Dahlberg Quotes

There are two types of women out there: there's the kind of woman who finds something nice and likes to keep it to herself, and then there's the other type, which is me, who wants to share.

To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.

Avarice is the most oppose of all characters to that of God Almighty, whose alone it is to give and not receive.

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing.

Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.

The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we must be all but that.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

A soul that is reluctant to share does not as a rule have much of its own. Miserliness is here a symptom of meagerness.

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.

Every forward is selfish, and any forward who tells you he is not selfish is a liar.

Avarice, the sphincter of the heart.

You shouldn't be greedy. You should feel good about yourself and not be greedy of what other people have.

Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they will part with nothing.

I don't like people who are just takers.

If I hadn't given my money away, I'd have had more than anyone else on the planet.

I'm not a naturally giving person.

A lot of people are obsessed with their possessions, but that's not right. It's OK to own a lot of things as long as you're willing to share them.

Our generosity is measured not by what we give but by what we keep.

Those who give not till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer.

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

Hollywood wants its heroes to be virtuous, but it defines virtue in a way that excludes any action that is self-interested. If virtue means putting others ahead of self, then it's clear that most people, let alone most capitalists, aren't very virtuous.

In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.

The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.