“Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth and whatever you feed it is never enough.”
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Janwillem van de Wetering 1
Dutch writer 1931–2008Related quotes
“Good enough is good enough. Perfect will make you a big fat mess every time.”
Source: The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder
“All around the circle, feeding on the green, green grass were fat and happy horses…”
Black Elk Speaks (1961)
"Recession Economics," New York Review of Books, Volume 29, Number 1 (4 February 1982)
Context: Mr. David Stockman has said that supply-side economics was merely a cover for the trickle-down approach to economic policy— what an older and less elegant generation called the horse-and-sparrow theory: If you feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows.
Source: The Courtship of Princess Leia
Imogen and Jace, pg. 78
The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
“The earth can produce enough for everyone’s need. But not enough for everyone’s greed.”
"Animals Should Be Off the Menu" (2012)
Source: Gardens of the Moon (1999), Chapter 6 (p. 187)