Famine Quotes

206 Famine quotes by 177 unique authors

I was teaching in one of the universities while the country was suffering from a severe famine. People were dying of hunger, and I felt… — Muhammad Yunus
It certainly would have been adaptive for ancestral man to have a chubby wife during stressful times of famine. Not only would she have had… — Helen Fisher
But I felt certain that if the world would stop indulging wars and famines and other perils, it would be possible for human beings to… — John Irving
Cannibals? Who is not a cannibal? I tell you it will be more tolerable for the Fejee that salted down a lean missionary in his… — Herman Melville
Death and Famine and War and Pollution continued biking towards Tadfield. And Grievous Bodily Harm, Cruelty To Animals, Things Not Working Properly Even After You've… — Neil Gaiman
Imagine a famine. Now imagine a piece of bread. Both of these things are real but you happen to be in the same room with… — Margaret Atwood
People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine. — Banksy
Jane: Mr. Rochester, if ever I did a good deed in my life-if ever I thought a good thought-if ever I prayed a sincere and… — Charlotte Bronte
We are here among you as seekers of refuge from our present-your future-a time of worldwide famine, exhausted fuel supplies, terminal poverty-the end of the… — Thomas Pynchon
Yeah? What'd you name all those cats?" Death, Famine, Pestilence, War, and Mr. Whiskers." You named your cats after the riders of the apocal--wait. Mr.… — Richelle Mead
You can't brace yourself for famine if you've never known hunger. — David Sedaris
O that we would so love the gospel and have so much compassion for lost people that tribulation and distress and persecution and famine and… — John Piper
[Pascal] was the first and perhaps is still the most effective voice to be raised in warning of the consequences of the enthronement of the… — Malcolm Muggeridge
what a horrible loutish planet this is. the dominant species consists of sadistic morons, faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine swollen with stupid… — William S. Burroughs
When old friends get together, everything else fades to insignificance."- War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death — Robert Asprin
Truth usually makes no sense. If your desire is for everything to make perfect sense, then you should take refuge in fiction. In fiction, all… — Peter David
Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry...I'm here. The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the… — Charles M. Schulz
Men!" "At least we don't fake it." "Listen, it was your uncle. And we were late, remember? So I made the sacrifice and got us… — Janet Evanovich
She viewed ethnic cleansing, famine and genocide as direct threats to her furniture. — Arundhati Roy
But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes, Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel, Making a famine where abundance lies, Thyself thy foe, to… — William Shakespeare
Famines are easy to prevent if there is a serious effort to do so, and a democratic government, facing elections and criticisms from opposition parties… — Amartya Sen
Every one knew he could foretell wars and famines, though that was not so hard, for there was always a war, and generally a famine… — Mark Twain
He sank into that kiss, and fed from me like a starving man holding off famine. I drank from his soul in preparation for the… — Rachel Vincent
I could become a nun even if I am a non-believer. I'll learn to fake it like Nick did with me. I will minister the… — Rachel Cohn
It is straightforward—and never mind, for now, about plagues and famines: if God existed, and if he cared for humankind, he would never have given… — Martin Amis

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