Last year, on a long car trip, I was listening to Rush Limbaugh shout. I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
I think there is a lot of crime caused by desperation, and it doesn't mean that people commit crime because they're poor,… — Peter Moskos Copy Share Image
In this time of globalization, with all its advantages, the poor are the most vulnerable to having their traditions, relationships and knowledge… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor animals is Satan's philosophy. In this… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Copy Share Image
To me, the poor are like Bonsai trees. When you plant the best seed of the tallest tree in a six-inch deep… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Life was dense, dark, ancient. They watched Dean, serious and insane at his raving wheel, with eyes of hawks. All had their… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
I am weary seeing our laboring classes so wretchedly housed, fed, and clothed, while thousands of dollars are wasted every year over… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
We are being accused that some models are anorexic. But we as fashion designers cannot be blamed, because you know, when I… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes. It can no longer concern… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Recent research shows that many children without enough to eat wind up with diminished capacity to understand and learn (“cognitive impairment” ).… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Jesus was a poor, black man who lived in a country and who lived in a culture that was controlled by rich… — Jeremiah Wright Copy Share Image
In war," answered the weaver, "the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It's not so much that the old friend is a better friend. It's just that you know the person better, and you… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The first time I received an award, I was very surprised. I did not know whether to accept it or not. But… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
The factors that have been holding farmers back are similar to those that threaten other types of growth in Africa. Infrastructure and… — Richard Attias Copy Share Image
Poor Christopher-John had fallen into the hands of Miss. Daisy Crocker. I greatly sympathized him, but as in everything else, Christopher John… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
But can we please stop insisting that if low-wage workers earn a little bit more, unemployment will skyrocket and the economy will… — Nick Hanauer Copy Share Image
I do think we have a food problem. In 2006, which is the year for which we have the latest data, 35.5… — Raj Patel Copy Share Image
Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I always considered myself a loner. I mean, not like a poor-me, Byron-esque, I-should-have-brought-a-swimming-buddy loner. I mean the sort of person who… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
I wanted Yoda to be the traditional kind of character you find in fairy tales and mythology. And that character is usually… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Without making mistakes we would've never learned how to better ourselves. By making mistakes it gives us an opportunity to do and… — Surgeo Bell Copy Share Image
It's no understatement that the church has done a poor job in teaching our young people that reason and faith are not… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care ? crisis? unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, the… — Larry Elder Copy Share Image
Whether you're an opera singer, a legislator or customer service operator, there is a way that we can find common ground with… — Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick Copy Share Image
My wish and hope, every year, is that people's life chances - their chances of having a happy, prosperous, healthy life for… — Michael Elliott Copy Share Image
Now my poor hometown is being castigated as the center of an IRS scandal. Humble workers at the Cincinnati office targeted Tea… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
But here is the heart of the moral issue for many of us. Simply put, those around the world who have contributed… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
Overconsumption is a "cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals." It cuts the heart right out of our compassion. It distances us… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
The first miracle after the baptism of the Holy Ghost was wroughtly upon a beggar. It means that the first service of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So much of truth, only under an ancient obsolete vesture, but the spirit of it still true, do I find in the… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Individual initiative alone and the mere free play of competition could never assure successful development. One must avoid the risk of increasing… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
“No more apologies! So we're poor! All right, we're poor! This is America! And America is one place in this sorry world… — Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr Copy Share Image
To worry is to acknowledge that the world is unpredictable, and there is power in understanding one's own powerlessness at times. But… — A. Lee Martinez Copy Share Image
How far, O rich, do you extend your senseless avarice? Do you intend to be the sole inhabitants of the earth? Why… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Barack Obama thinks this country is a crime. Obama thinks this country is a walking, living crime, the way it's treated poor… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Think they work you too hard? Think of poor Ali Sard. He has to mow grass in his uncle's backyard and its… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
