Glengarry Glen Ross

“What I'm saying, what is your life? (Pause.) It's looking forward or it's looking back. And that's our life. That's it. Where is the moment? (Pause.) And what is it that we're afraid of? Loss. What else? (Pause.) The bank closes. We get sick, my wife died on a plane, the stock market collapsed ... the house burnt down ... what of these happen ...? None of ‘em. We worry anyway. What does this mean? I'm not secure. How can I be secure? (Pause.) Through amassing wealth beyond measure? No. And what's beyond all measure? That's a sickness. That's a trap. There is no measure. Only greed. How can we act?” (Roma, Act One, Scene Three)