To regard states of distress in general as an objection, as something which must be abolished is the greatest nonsense on earth;… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Not Waving but Drowning Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning: I was much further out than you… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
Alexia had spent long hours wondering over that mustache. Werewolves did not grow hair, as they did not age. Where had it… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Global poverty is the product of reversible policy failures overseen by politicians, past and present. The poorest of the poor don't vote… — Hugh Evans Copy Share Image
When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
When it shall be said in any country in the world my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I don't want to remember 2005 as a year that the government heaped unnecessary burdens upon American families. Stealing from the poor… — Marty Meehan Copy Share Image
The first day I walked into prison, and he slammed that door, I knew the magnitude of the decision that I made,… — Michael Vick Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about the religious component, for me, is that Jesus hardly mentions sex at all. He's pretty interested in the… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
When we ignore the prostituted child, we actually lend our hand to their abuse. When we ignore the widow and the orphan… — Joel Houston Copy Share Image
Sweet Bird of Youth”: “The big difference between people is not between the rich and the poor, the good and the evil.… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
How impossible it is for us to imagine ourselves victims of disaster. We suffer for the poor people who were thrown into… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
“Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
In America, the poor have been invisibilised, because obviously this model of success that has been held out to the world must… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Forty years ago, my life in music was substantially different to today. I went out every night with my guitar seeking a… — Christy Moore Copy Share Image
If you trust in Nature, in the small Things that hardly anyone sees and that can so suddenly become huge, immeasurable; if… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
I lived in a little working-class town that had no black neighborhoods at all - one high school. We all played together.… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Faith is not our saviour. It was not faith that was born at Bethlehem and died on Golgotha for us. It was… — Horatius Bonar Copy Share Image
I think it's important not to view Martin Luther King Jr. in a narrow political manner. His fundamental commitment is to a… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Rich people believe "You can have your cake and eat it too." Middle-class people believe "Cake is too rich, so I'll only… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
I believe in giving rewards and positive reinforcement for a job well done, but can we raise ourselves a little higher than… — Jill Johnson Copy Share Image
It's completely different, for instance, to report on poor farmers in Africa than it is to report on, say, poor African-Americans. The… — William Finnegan Copy Share Image
Many people don't realize that financial incentives have been built into the drug war that guarantee that law enforcement will continue to… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
People who think that Sylvia Plath was a poor, sensitive poet are not getting that she had great amounts of ambition and… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
The poor is the central focus of my economic agenda. The poor should be strengthened in such a way that they get… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
True praying has the largest results for good. Poor praying the least. We cannot do too much of real praying. We cannot… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
Reproductive choice has to be straightened out. There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I am a living illustration of Bosnian mixing and converting. My grandparents lived in eastern Herzegovina. Very poor. The Turks came and… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
Low interest rates wipe out savers and devastate middle-class workers. The banksters have orchestrated this wealth transference of trillions, from the poor… — Max Keiser Copy Share Image
...I remembered the rose bush that had reached a thorny branch out through the ragged fence, and caught my dress, detaining me… — Albion Fellows Bacon Copy Share Image
My family was very poor. Strangely, though, my father was an enigma in that he was always working. He was not a… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
The master was an old Turtle--we used to call him Tortoise--' Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?' Alice… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Historians will come to their own judgments about President Kennedy. Here is how I choose to remember him. He was an heir… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the… — William J. H. Boetcker Copy Share Image
Just like that. Gone forever. They will not grow old together. They will never live on a beach by the sea, their… — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
I thought I'd be living a much more bohemian life and be very poor. I never thought I'd do comedy or be… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
You have to do that here in your country. You must come to know the poor. Maybe our people here have material… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I have gone through the most terrible affair that could possibly happen; only imagine, my shadow has gone mad; I suppose such… — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
On the one hand, I loved being a banker. I loved how numbers could tell a story and how you can invest… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
