Sentence examples for making greed from inspiring English sources
In rapid Op-Ed succession, we children of the postwar demographic bulge have been blamed for turning religion into an indulgent free-for-all, for giving elites a bad name and for making greed respectable, or at least acceptable.
Obviously this is a problem partly of my own making (greed) and the intrinsic condition of summer berries – they have a relatively short shelf-life.
Empty suits sit in sterile offices staring at computer screens and making greed-is-good speeches.
She made greed respectable.
Von Stroheim convinced Lehr to let him make Greed first, promising low costs.
His appearance in the film, "Wall Street" made greed glamorous, even gave it sex appeal.
If Ronald Reagan accomplished anything it was to make greed a virtue and government a vice in the eyes of many.
Floating voter-grabbing potential: 3/10 Scottish Socialist party Unshaven actor Tam Dean Burn comes across as very scary – like one of those intimidating Taggart villains who doesn't have the slightest fear of DCI Burke – as he draws analogies between the financial crisis and gambling in this Make Greed History appeal.
Contrast Smith, who announced his resignation from Goldman in the op-ed article, and Siewert, who has just joined up with the greed merchants after working in the administration that made that greed legal.
That makes the greed motive work against itself, since profit maximising is the chief, if not the only, prompt for action in the financial markets.
While the case may be made that greed can motivate college grads to seek careers in finance and consulting, let's not overlook the fact that their choices have been narrowed considerably by the outsourcing of American manufacturing and technical jobs overseas in the past 15 years or so.
