Covetousness Quotes
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NBC is excited about the investment in WWF Entertainment, .. The WWF is widely recognized as having created a leading brand and has done a remarkable job gathering large audiences in the coveted male demographics. (Quote by - Bob Wright)
When a person does great work he assumes a coveted place in the hearts of all and he becomes great. He becomes successful in slaying all the enemies on basis of the efforts and the support of his fellow-beings. . (Quote by - Rig Veda)
And do not covet that by which Allah has made some of you excel others; men shall have the benefit of what they earn and women shall have the benefit of what they earn; and ask Allah of His grace; surely Allah knows all things. (Quote by - quran)
I love to hear my Lord spoken of, and wherever I have seen the print of His shoe in the earth, there have I coveted to put mine also. (Quote by - John Bunyan)
When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness, And oftentimes excusing of a fault Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse, As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the fault Than did the fault before it was so patched. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
I owe nothing to my brothers, nor do I gather debts from them. I ask none to live for me, nor do I live for any others. I covet no man's soul, nor is my soul theirs to covet. (Quote by - Ayn Rand)
Clearly, we're in a dogfight for this coveted facility. (Quote by - Robin Braig)
The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man. (Quote by - Sun Tzu)
We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have. (Quote by - Ovid)
Covetous of the property of others and prodigal of his own. (Quote by - Sallust)
Although he has been regarded as a marginal and somewhat obscure 'border' figure, Bean was anything but. He was on the cutting edge of events as they unfolded in the march of Anglo-Americans toward coveted Spanish possessions in the Southwest. (Quote by - Jack Jackson)
We looked at Gov. Bush's appointments to the University of Texas Board of Regents, which is a particularly coveted post. It's valued because the university produces many of the state's leaders, the position is prestigious and high profile -- and it doesn't hurt that it comes with tickets to the 50-yard line of football games, which is no small consideration in football crazy Texas. (Quote by - Alan Miller)
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; / Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. (Quote by - Bible)
I am not covetous for gold; but if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
In tracking the past seven years, we have not had Julia Roberts in any way, shape or form. She will be highly coveted by designers, highly watched and highly visible. (Quote by - Tom Julian)
Old age though despised, is coveted by all. (Quote by - Proverb)
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (Quote by - Bible)
We are very happy to announce that this year's recipes are, if possible, better than last year's recipes, .. The competition this year will consist of three cooks in three categories all vying for the coveted grand prize and the honor of calling themselves the 'second annual Prime Beef Cook-Off Grand Champion.'. (Quote by - Linda Lee)
There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy. (Quote by - Chanakya)
I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. (Quote by - Bible)
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, / Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (Quote by - Bible)
The key now will be who gets their support. Both (Coronado and Vasquez) will be coveted, and the two candidates should be calling today to try to get their support. It has happened in the past, and it usually helps determine a winner. (Quote by - Gregory Rocha)
The ability to fly directly to (Reagan National) is coveted precisely because you have to apply for it. (Quote by - Fred Piccolo)
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; / Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; / One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; / (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) / Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. (Quote by - Bible)
Not to be covetous, is money; not to be a purchaser, is a revenue. (Quote by - Marcus Tullius Cicero)
And with Epicurus, I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greater pleasures. (Quote by - Michel de Montaigne)
The covetous man never has money; the prodigal will have none shortly. (Quote by - Ben Jonson)
There's a lot that happens (at the state Capitol) and we have a stake in most of it. We covet our seat at the table. (Quote by - Gene Hall)
Everyone else thinks it must be the most safe, most advanced and most covetable pushchair on the market. (Quote by - Gwyneth Paltrow)
The inferior creatures groan under your cruelties. You hunt them for your pleasure, and overwork them for your covetousness, and kill them for your gluttony, and set them to fight one with another till they die, and count it a sport and a pleasure to behold them worry one another. (Quote by - Thomas Tryon)
Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. (Quote by - Bible)
There are many athletes out there who would covet an X Games gold over an Olympic gold. I've heard it come from athletes mouths - and I'm sure their agents are standing next to them smirking - but when you win an X Games medal, you are instantly afforded a reputation that perhaps you aren't afforded in the Olympics. (Quote by - Chris Stiepock)
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. (Quote by - Bible)
Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness. (Quote by - Christopher Marlowe)
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: / For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: / In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. (Quote by - Bible)
I really enjoyed the whole experience. It was fun just to participate and claim what must be the most coveted title on campuses across the country: College Bowl Champion. (Quote by - Matt Sullivan)
Advertisers are really coveting that. (Quote by - Janet Robinson)
Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous. (Quote by - Thomas Browne Sr.)
The evils of the body are, murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse, and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred, and error. (Quote by - Buddha)
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation. (Quote by - Charles Caleb Colton)
As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares. (Quote by - Daniel Defoe)
It's not a job I coveted, it landed in my lap, it was appropriate for the team that I took it on. (Quote by - Scott Johnson)
When you're flipping the channels on a Sunday and see his team on offense with him in the backfield or in the slot, you're going to stop. That awareness and interest is what marketers will covet. (Quote by - Paul Swangard)
Riches have made more covetous men than covetousness hath made rich men. (Quote by - Thomas Fuller)
Museums covet his works. They're hard to find. They're expensive when they do find them. And they're often an embarrassing gap in the canon for museums that don't have them. (Quote by - Eleanor Harvey)
Desire of having is the sin of covetousness. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Form no covetous desire, so that the demon of greediness may not deceive thee, and the treasure of the world may not be tasteless to thee. (Quote by - Zoroaster)
There is no more coveted an opportunity for a programmer than to be responsible for a station launch. There is never more optimism, promise, or excitement than when you start fresh with a blank canvas. (Quote by - Chris Williams)
It's not like those other guys are plumbers -- not that I've got anything against plumbers. They were some of the most coveted high school players in the country. Those other guys are really good, too. (Quote by - Skip Prosser)
It takes that top layer of skin off. You peel off the stockings, and it leaves this awesome fishnet burn. In our culture, scars and burns and broken bones are pretty coveted. (Quote by - Sister Mary Jane)
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom. (Quote by - Sun Tzu)
This is the job I've always coveted. I went to every Lamar game I could growing up. I'm just really excited and look forward to continuing the proud tradition of Lamar basketball. (Quote by - Steve Roccaforte)
If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him. (Quote by - Francis Bacon)
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. (Quote by - Bible)
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it- namely, in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain. (Quote by - Mark Twain)
Today?s picture takers expect high-performance features in an attractive package. Kodak is first to give them a coveted but previously unavailable ultra-wide angle lens in a pocket-size camera. (Quote by - Mary Hadley)
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if me my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires: But if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
I worked with him on the streets of this neighborhood for 15 years, .. It is an award we don't just consider prestigious, but it is coveted. (Quote by - Victor Crist)
Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? / Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? / But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. (Quote by - Bible)
Theft is the fulfillment of covetousness. (Quote by - kim booher)
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. (Quote by - Phaedrus)
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, / Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, / Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; / Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (Quote by - Bible)
What vice could be worse than covetousness? What is more sinful than slander? For one who is truthful, what need is there for austerity? For one who has a clean heart, what is the need for pilgrimage?. (Quote by - Chanakya)
Thou shalt not covet, but tradition approves of all forms of competition. (Quote by - Arthur Hugh Clough)
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. (Quote by - Bible)
The opportunity to lock up that No. 1 seed is coveted by so many teams in the conference. For us to do that this year under some of the circumstances and some of the obstacles we've dealt with is pretty amazing stuff. (Quote by - Wendy Larry)
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. (Quote by - Bible)
Covetousness is the greatest of monsters, as well as the root of all evil. (Quote by - William Penn)
The mind is totally attached to Maya; the mortal has forgotten his fear of old age and death. Gazing upon his family, he blossoms forth like the lotus flower; the deceitful person watches and covets the homes of others. (Quote by - Sri Guru Granth Sahib)
We are thrilled to have the world's most recognizable athlete return to Doral to defend his championship. With Tiger's commitment, we will have nine of the top 10 golfers in the world golf rankings vying for one the most coveted trophies on the PGA Tour. (Quote by - Eddie Carbone)
Earmarks usually are slipped into appropriation bills without a vote, without debate and without notice. That's why a seat on the Appropriations Committee is so coveted. (Quote by - Roberta Baskin)
Allah is its goal, the prophet is its model, the Koran is its constitution, jihad is its path and death for the sake of Allah is its most coveted desire. (Quote by - Hamas Motto)
He who fears death has already lost the life he covets. (Quote by - Cato the Censor)
About 15 to 25 Division I-A teams change coaches each year, but the number usually includes a lot of perennial bottom feeders. How often do so many coveted positions come open in the same year? Usually not often, .. It's too early to tell how many will come open. Certainly, the decision at Florida will gain some headlines, but in most instances, there's still a few games left. (Quote by - Chuck Neinas)
Many of you are old hands at this ? some are newcomers, and some of you we have yet to work with on a build project. We welcome all of you and covet your assistance in this undertaking. We can serve God and bring these homes and families together. (Quote by - Bob Elliott)
The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty. (Quote by - Thomas Adams)
Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. (Quote by - Bible)
These new players incorporate our most coveted features in a fresh design that's unlike anything in the market today. They're a playful and easy way to enjoy digital music; just looking at them makes you want to smile. (Quote by - Kelly Davis)
Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness. (Quote by - John Milton)
The avenues in my neighborhood are Pride, Covetousness and Lust; the cross streets are Anger, Gluttony, Envy and Sloth. I live over on Sloth, and the style on our street is to avoid the other thoroughfares. (Quote by - John Chancellor)
Who covets more is evermore a slave. (Quote by - Robert Herrick)
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; / Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, / Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, / Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: / Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. (Quote by - Bible)
I think it more developed because we were able to get two tight ends that we coveted highly. We just got very, very youthful at tight end. (Quote by - Scott Linehan)
An earlier Easter gives retailers the opportunity to push spring merchandise earlier. Retailers will have to wait more patiently this year until mid-April for its coveted Easter sales. (Quote by - Michael Exstein)
The Derby is an event we've coveted as long as I've been here. (Quote by - Ken Schanzer)
Hughes's timing could not have been better. Entering his prime at age 26, he also entered a free agent market in which shooting guards were the most coveted commodity. Some people probably wish my deal was up last year, .. I kind of raised the stakes a little bit. (Quote by - Larry Hughes)
If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee, thou shalt find no radiance of wisdom in the lonely waste of the pinewoods. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: / Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. (Quote by - Bible)
The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours. (Quote by - Akhenaton)
I don't know if they'd do it, but I would. I wouldn't want $24 million locked up in one guy who is a knee injury away. They aren't going to take a quarterback, so their choice is Reggie Bush or a trade. And if they do decide to trade, there will be many teams who covet that pick. (Quote by - Joe Linta)
I can categorically say I will not be putting my hat in the ring. It's not something I have ever coveted and it's not a position I am interested in taking up at this point in time. I am loyal to Newcastle and they have been fabulous to me. I feel that is where my responsibility lies. (Quote by - Rob Andrew)
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (Quote by - Bible)
Well the ten commandments is not the law of the land obviously if one covets they are not committing a crime under Indiana law. (Quote by - Ken Falk)
I don't see any reason why Yahoo could not establish trust and reliability as a common carrier -- that adjustable filter that Yahoo News is now -- and, at the same time, become a credible producer of its own editorial content, .. There are problems to solve in the dual track approach, because its requires two different kinds of user trust. The day when Yahoo starts hesitating to point out to the rest of the Web (because it covets the traffic for locally produced goods) is the day decline sets in. My guess is they know that. (Quote by - Jay Rosen)
They say 40 percent of the revenue from network television is on Thursday night, so we're talking about hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions at stake, .. Not to be accused of being cruel here, but `Joey' is down 59 percent from `Friends' in advertiser-coveted viewers ages 18-to-49. . . . 59 percent. OK?. (Quote by - Leslie Moonves)
Interest in our Z800 3DVisor continues to grow as a result of our strong showing at the January Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where the product was awarded the coveted Best of Innovations award for the display category. To capitalize on this interest we are expanding our distribution through the addition of several highly qualified direct partners. Today's announcement covers the first seven. (Quote by - Susan Jones)
DIGITAL HUB. Instead, the new Mac World Order will be all about catering to consumers, and in the process showing how ham-handed Windows PC vendors have been at winning the much coveted place as a fixture in the living room. The guys in the PC industry realized that the enterprise market flattened out and that the next true growth market is going to be consumers, .. Steve Jobs, to his credit, declared early that the Mac was going to be the hub of the digital lifestyle, and it's a strategy Apple has pursued aggressively and with no apologies since then. (Quote by - Tim Bajarin)
