King glaring at a map labelled "Mine" and "Theirs"
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king, kings, royal, royalty, royals, monarch, monarchs, sovereign, sovereigns, ruler, rulers, kingdom, kingdoms, empire, empires, land, lands, property, properties, claim, claims, land claim, land claims, property claim, property claims, map, maps, geography, government, governments, border, borders, real estate, land survey, land surveys, title, titles, mine, theirs, vanity, vain, ego, possessive, possession, possessions, jealous, jealousy, greed, greedy"That is incredible. Do you know that I, too, want as much as I can get as fast as I can get it?"
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relationship, relationships, date, dates, dating, couple, couples, perfect match, soulmate, soulmates, perfect couple, common interest, common interests, millennial, millennials, gen y, generation y, generation z, gen z, youth, greed, greedy, selfish, self-centred, self-centered, grasping, modern life"My bill isn't terribly controversial. It would provide modest tax breaks for people who don't really need them."
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politics, politician, politicians, political, political leader, political leaders, government, governments, president, presidents, rich, rich people, wealth, wealthy, wealthy people, controversial, controversy, political party, political parties, republican, republicans, tax, taxes, tax break, tax breaks, tax cut, tax cuts, washington dc, greed, greedy, corporate greed, legislation, law, laws, bill, bills"Well, Bob, it looks like a paper cut, but just to be sure let's do lots of tests."
"What I'd like, basically, is a temporary line of credit just to tide me over the rest of my life."
"Mr. Bush, this is Vytautas Landsbergis, in Vilnius. Guess what."
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government, governments, president, presidents, politics, lithuania, vilnius, baltic, vytautas landsbergis, landsbergis, communism, communist, communists, soviet russia, soviet union, russia, russian, history, historical, lithuanian independence, sovereignty, problem, problems, oil, oil well, oil wells, gushing, george h.w. bush, george bush sr., gulf war, persian gulf, money, war, wars, energy, greed, greedy, taking advantage, using, excuse, excuses, invasion, invasions, invade, oil production, oil industry, energy industry, oil reserves, strategy, strategies, strategic"And may we continue to be worthy of consuming a disproportionate share of this planet's resources."
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consumer, consumers, consumption, carrying capacity, resources, resource, earth, save the planet, saving the planet, greed, greedy, planet's resource, american, americans, environmentalist, environmentalists, selfish, selfishness, worthy, unworthy, pray, prays, praying, prayer, prayers, hope, hopes, over-consume, over-consuming, overconsume, overconsuming, overuse, overusing, guilt, guilty, guilt-inducing"Right. Money isn't everything - what's the other thing again?"
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rich, poor, money, greed, psychology, therapy, psychologist, greedy, businessman, businessmen, purpose of life, life's purpose, meaning of life, bottom line, bottoms lines, business interest, business interests, callow, corporate stooge, corporate stooges, elite, elites, elitist, elitists, mankoff"More!"
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car, cars, truck, trucks, gas-guzzler, gas-guzzlers, gas, petrol, fuel, fuel consumption, gas consumption, excessive fuel consumption, gas station, petrol station, fossil fuels, fossil fuel use, fossil fuel consumption, greedy, greed, hungry, hunger, demanding, demands, environmental issues, climate change, co2 emissions, pollution"When I grow up, I want to work with the affluent."
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aspiration, aspirations, aspire, aspires, aspiring, rich, riches, charity, charities, charitable program, charitable programs, affluent, affluence, upper class, upper classes, status, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, grow up, grows up, growing up, ideal job, ideal jobs, career goal, career goals, career, careers, goal, goals, greed, greedy, motivation, motivations, money-driven, money grubbing, money grubber, money grubbers"Some people say you can't put a price on a wife's twenty-seven years of loyalty and devotion. They're wrong."
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law, lawyers, relationships, marriage, divorce, money, psychology, greed, ethics, loyalty, devotion, devoted, wife, wives, price, prices, ethical, lawyer, attorney, attorneys, value, values, valuation, valuations, monetary value, monetary values, bottom line, bottom lines"Your money was working for you, but it suddenly quit and now it's working for me!"
"I have no objection to alternative medicine so long as traditional medical fees are scrupulously maintained."
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medical, doctors, hospitals, science, pseudo, money, psychology, greed, ethics, alternative medicine, traditional medicine, western medicine, doctor, doctors, medical fee, medical fees, american healthcare, american health care, for-profit healthcare, conflict of interest, conflicts of interest, medical bill, medical bills, mankoff"Water...water...and maybe just a tiny piece of pie."
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water, thirst, thirsts, thirsty, dehydrated, dehydrate, lost, desert, deserts, starve, starves, starving, pie, pies, dessert, desserts, greed, greedy, greediness, nosh, noshes, noshing, snack, snacks, snacking, nibble, nibbles, nibbling, pudding, puddings, pud, puds, sweet tooth, entitled, entitlement, sense of entitlement"We can't all work for Goldman Sachs."
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goldman sachs, robber, robbers, criminal, criminals, investment bank, investment banks, bank, banks, big banking, too big to fail, bailout, bailouts, bailed out, goldman, thief, thieves, thieving, steal, steals, stealing, greed, greedy, greediness"Just so you know, I'm taking all this with me into the afterlife."
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inheritance, inheritor, wealth, father, dad, fathers, dads, parents, parent, parenting, parenthood, property, egypt, ancient egypt, ancient egyptians, pharaoh, pharaohs, pyramid, pyramids, afterlife, pyramids of giza, properties, estate, estates, retirement, retirement plan, retirement planning, will, wills, cut out of will, disinherited, disinherit, greed, greedy, inheritance tax, inheritance taxes, death tax, death taxes"Why did we buy such huge furniture?"
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furniture, decoration, decorating, interior decoration, modern life, modern attitudes, modern times, sofa, sofa, armchair, armchair, settee, settees, consumer, consumers, consumerism, capitalism, capitalist, capitalist, commercialism, bigger is better, bigger is best, greed, greedy, extravagance, extravagant, over do, over-do, ostentation, ostentatious, purchase, shop, shoppers, shopping, shopper, the bigger the better, supersize, super-size, advertising, advertisement, power of advertising, tiny people, relative size, furnishings, home furnishings"The figures for the last quarter are in. We made significant gains in the fifteen-to-twenty-six-year-old age group, but we lost our immortal souls."
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soul, selling your soul, selling soul, souls, selling, demographic, demographics, greed, greedy, business, businesses, sinful, sins, hell, religion, religions, trends, accounting, accounts, board, boardroom, market, marketing, sales, analytic, analytics, big business, unethical, ethics, immoral, deal with the devil, deals, meeting, meetings, wrong, evil, corrupt, corruption, evils, depraved, devil"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your money."
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history, historical, rome, ancient romans, ancient rome, roman, romans, roman empire, ancient, friend, friends, countrymen, countryman, lend me your swords, lend me your money, money, tax, taxes, taxation, paying taxes, finances, politician, politicians, speech, speeches, politics, government, governments, orator, orators, political speech, political speeches, bailout, bailouts, cliche, cliches, catch phrase, catch phrases, catchphrase, catchphrases, big government, tax and spend, taxing and spending, greed, government greed, stimulus, stimulus package, bailout, bailouts, bailing out, bailed out, tax office, irs, internal revenue serviceAlternative Dickens: Scrooge Is Audited.
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scrooge, ebenezer scrooge, dickens, charles dickens, alternative dickens, audit, audits, auditor, auditors, write-off, write-offs, written off, greed, greedy, greediness, accountant, accountants, accounting, personal accountant, personal accountants, christmas carol, christmas, miser, misers, miserly, stingy"The dreams of avarice are coming back."
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dream, dreams, dreaming, avarice, greed, greedy, greediness, addiction, addict, addicts, addictive, money, profit, profits, profiting, profit motive, profit motives, therapy, therapist, therapists, psychologist, psychologists, psychology, psychiatrist, psychiatrists, psychiatry, vice, vices, unwanted behavior, unwanted behaviors, discipline, self-discipline, money-driven, selfish, selfishness, motive, motivation, motivations"Could you stop referring to the interest rate as 'the vig'?"
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interest rate, interest rates, excessive, high interest rate, high interest rates, extortion, extortionate rate, extortionate rates, vig, vigorish, gambler, gamblers, gambling, loan, loans, bank loan, bank loans, greed, greedy, greediness, take out a loan, taking out a loan, mortgage, mortgages, mortgage lender, mortgage lenders, big bank, big banks, banker, bankers, ripoff, ripoffs, ripping off, tip your hand, tipping you hand, giveaway, giveaways, loan shark, loan sharks