Matthew Lyon Quotes

The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.

… a creed of greed

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

... avaricious to a most infamous degree; needy at the same time, having a numerous family to provide for

.... the forces of greed

I hate to say it - it breaks my heart - but we're a tacky, money-obsessed culture.

Conceit is lovable and unconcealed ; vanity is supreme selfishness, usually hidden.

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

Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.

Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none.

I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and a plane, it's just about a number. It's never been anything I understood.

There is no sin coveting things are of no great use or profit, but would show out good and have some grandeur around them.

There are still people in Japan who think money is something evil.

The Puritans were obsessed with the dangers of wealth.

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.

I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.

Large parties given to very young children... foster the passions of vanity and envy, and produce a love of dress and display which is very repulsive in the character of a child.

Sometimes America gets tempted by the glitz and glamour.

I believe I was extremely greedy.

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.

The possession of wealth leads almost inevitably to its abuse. It is the chief, if not the only, cause of evils which desolate this world below. The thirst for gold is responsible for the most regrettable lapses into sin.

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

Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.

Greed is all right ... Greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.

A man who dies … rich, lies disgraced.