Poverty and pride are devoted blood brothers until one, always and inevitably, kills the other. — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
For the poor of this world, two major ways of expiring are available: either by the absolute indifference of your fellow-men in… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
Every year 3.1 million Indian children die before the age of 5, mostly from diseases of poverty like diarrhea. — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The idea that things must have a beginning… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“I also remember that my father was one of the people who voted to get the Dauntless out of the factionless sector… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Ideally, schools should be supportive environments for students. Unfortunately, zero-tolerance policies tend to funnel vulnerable students out of schools and into prisons,… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
“We know that poverty is unpleasant; in fact, since it is so remote, we rather enjoy harrowing ourselves with the thought of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
We live in a completely interdependent world, which simply means we can not escape each other. How we respond to AIDS depends,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Red Hook, Brooklyn, is a spit of land jutting out over the New York Harbor and looking across to the gleaming high… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
“But to die to escape from poverty or love or anything painful is not the mark of a brave man, but rather… — David Ross Copy Share Image
“Tipsy, they tumbled early into bed - to get as much sleep as they could. So they would feel less hunger. The… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
Want to depose the government of a poor country with resources? Want to bash Muslims? Want to build support for American military… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The rich are never as possessed by their riches as the poor are by their poverty. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Child poverty in the United States declined after the work requirement was put in there. People realized that they had to work… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I believe in a relatively equal society, supported by institutions that limit extremes of wealth and poverty. I believe in democracy, civil… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“Politics will always mean more to the poor. Always. That's why we strike and march, and despair when our young say they… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
There's tens of millions of families with single mothers who are living at 100 to 200 percent below the poverty level and… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers. — Christine Gregoire Copy Share Image
All that the posture of skepticism accomplishes is to freeze the ego in an ignorantist poverty that never stretches or diversifies its… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image