Of course it’s the apparently tranquil periods that deceive us. Though our instruments or our senses or our wits may not be… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
... we see the poor as a mass of shadow, painted in one flat grey wash, at the remote edges of our sunshine. — Albion Fellows Bacon Copy Share Image
Economic stimulation that works through the increased outlays to the affluent has, inevitably, an aspect of soundness and sanity that is lacking… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Caring for the poor is one natural overflow and a necessary evidence of the presence of Christ in our hearts. If there… — David Platt Copy Share Image
As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means of transport enables them often to sell… — Herman Gorter Copy Share Image
To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy. — Confucius Copy Share Image
We have to stop letting people come in here and make millionaires and billionaires of themselves off of West Virginia while West… — Richard Ojeda Copy Share Image
Affirmations are like seed planted in soil. Poor soil, poor growth. Rich soil, abundant growth. The more you choose to think thoughts… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too… — Herman Melville 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
I don't think that you can dispose of the constructive and inventive things that America is doing - and say, "Oh we… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
We were very poor and my family lost everything during the war - our home and our identity. But I'm a believer… — Sigmar Polke Copy Share Image
Car prices play a large role in calculating PPPs even while they play no role whatsoever in the consumption or consumption needs… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
All good qualities in a child are the result of environment, while all the bad ones are the result of poor heredity… — Elinor Smith Copy Share Image
I'm not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there, if we need to repair, I'll fix it. I'm… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
To begin with, poor people´s memory is less nourished than that of a rich; it has fewer landmarks in space because they… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Democracy no longer works for the poor if politicians treat them as a separate race. — Frank Field Copy Share Image
I also made it quite clear that Socialism means equality of income or nothing, and that under socialism you would not be… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
There is nothing more pleasing to God, than to see a soul who patiently and serenely bears whatever crosses it is sent;… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
The Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor. — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
The difference between rich and poor is becoming more extreme, and as income inequality widens the wealth gap in major nations, education,… — Helene D. Gayle Copy Share Image
“Never throw away food when you have the poor near you, remember that you are an ambassador of god on earth” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
The international trading system was devised by the rich to suit their needs; it ignores those of the poor. — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
And from that hour his poor maimed spirit, only remembering the place where it had broken its wings, cancelled the dream through… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it,… — Buddy Guy Copy Share Image
Communities now find themselves in possession of improvements [resulting from the WPA] which even in 1929 they would have thought themselves presumptuous… — Harry Hopkins Copy Share Image
There was no Marshall Plan for Harry Potter, no International Financing Facility for books about underage wizards. It is heartbreaking that global… — William Easterly Copy Share Image
He is a poor son whose sonship does not make him desire to serve all men's mothers. — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
I cannot see the short, white curls Upon the forehead of an Ox, But what I see them dripping with That poor… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Not every poor or unemployed person who has one wears a political party’s t-shirt to reveal their political affiliation; some use it… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a… — Bahá'u'lláh Copy Share Image
Men will become poor because they will not have a love for trees... If you don't love trees, you don't love God. — Nikephoros of Chios Copy Share Image
Human beings are poor examiners, subject to superstition, bias, prejudice, and a PROFOUND tendency to see what they want to see rather… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
Each one of us pray, day and night, for the downtrodden millions in India, who are held fast by poverty, priest craft,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
After Operation Protective Edge, I visited every one of the bereaved families. Religious and secular, rich and poor, Sephardi and Ashkenazi, Jews… — Benny Gantz Copy Share Image