#greed

The dilemma of modern medicine, and the underlying central flaw in medical education and, most of all, in the training of interns, is the irresistible drive to do something, anything. It is expected by patients and too often agreed to by their doctors, in the face of ignorance. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#anything #central #dilemma #doctors #drive

When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again. ↗

— Mike Tyson

#back #capitalistic #comes #crazy #gonna

Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed to trust to God, Our Lord, and rather risk the perils of the sea than wait there for certain death from thirst. ↗

— Alvar N. C. de Vaca

#agreed #certain #death #did #god

What I would like to be remembered for is that Walter Washington changed the spirit of the people of this city, that he came in as mayor when there was hate and greed and misunderstanding among our people and the races were polarized. ↗

— Walter Washington

#came #changed #city #greed #hate

I'm so greedy, I'm hungry, I'm young. ↗

— Lil Wayne

#hungry #i #young

As we learn from the New Testament, the Jews and the Samaritans in the days of Jesus were not agreed on the question which was the proper place of worship, but that there could be only one was taken to be as certain as the unity of God Himself. ↗

— Julius Wellhausen

#certain #could #days #god #himself

They all felt it at once—the ground under their feet rolled. The lamps hanging from the ceiling swayed and flickered. A tower of plastic cups fell from the counter and landed on the floor. The cups rolled in all directions. Everyone rushed outside, the chairs scraping the floor, food abandoned on the tables. ↗

— Angela Orlowski-Peart

#food

It's impossible to translate Wall Street greed into one or two demands. ↗

— Cornel West

#greed #impossible #into #street #translate

In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#angry #capacity #daily #daily life #deceitful

Neither Rainer Werner, nor any of us could have succeeded, or produced the number of films that we did, just on our own. We showed our films to each other, discussed them vigorously and rarely agreed. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#any #could #did #discussed #each