We have mistaken the nature of poverty, and thought it was…

Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth.

— Philip Larkin

“SOME OF THE HARDEST parts of parenting never change—like sleep deprivation, which, according to researchers at Queen’s University in Ontario, can in some respects…

— Jennifer Senior

“We have created a manic world nauseous with the pursuit of material wealth. Many also bear their cross of imagined deprivation, while their fellow…

— Anthon St. Maarten

Capitalism has created a situation called scarcity. And that scarcity is not natural, it's socially induced. Along with that sense of scarcity, or feeling…

— Murray Bookchin

It should surprise no one that the life of the writer - such as it is - is colorless to the point of sensory…

— Annie Dillard

My mother suffers mental health problems and has a learning deprivation.

— Angela Rayner

What government has been doing, we've got major programmes now, of billions of pounds, which are directed by central government into these areas of…

— John Prescott

“Suicide is nothing, but an act of depriving the soul from it's very right to liberation.”

— Aniruddha Sastikar

Many low-income children face chronic stress from nutritional deprivation or persistent violence at home or in the community. By addressing their medical, emotional and…

— Irwin Redlener

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb

— Robertson Davies

As soon as you lay down, that's when the most bizarre things start coming out of her mouth. 'Goodnight, baby.' 'Do you think we…

— Adam Ferrara

State governments seek local remedies for the globally fabricated deprivations and miseries in vain - just as the individuals-by-the-decree-of-fate (read: by the impact of…

— Zygmunt Bauman

Discrimination and multiple deprivations of human rights are also frequently part of the problem, sentencing entire populations to poverty... It is surely a matter…

— Navi Pillay

This lifestyle is not about deprivation. It's about living inspired.

— Gene Baur

Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.

— Nelson Mandela