Plight Quotes

94 quotes by 88 authors

Iâ€™ve known I was mostly gay ever since I can remember. I know it troubles many people for me to refer to myself as a… — Caitlin Stasey
I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can kinda understand some… — Joy Bryant
GLHR... has used Greenpeace-style media antics to draw more public attention to the plight of sweatshop workers than the multimillion - dollar international trade union… — Naomi Klein
Ray Charles revolutionary approach to music was also reflected in his politics and his deep and abiding commitment to Martin Luther King and the plight… — Diane Watson
Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism. — Paul Samuelson
...yet, unbeknownst to him, it had been kept alive - and it was only now, in listening to Deet's songs, that he recognized that the… — Amitav Ghosh
A doctor recently described to me "benign positional vertigo": it means you get dizzy in certain positions, but you can get over it without necessarily… — Mignon McLaughlin
What is needed in the present plight of mankind is not more science but a change of heart that shall move mankind to devote to… — Ralph Barton Perry
The people who do not get jobs are often the most vulnerable in our society, and joblessness is a terrible plight for anyone who suffers… — Tim Bishop
As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on… — Andrew Gross
The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homeland and the Diaspora, to end their… — Mahmoud Abbas
I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age — Kailash Satyarthi
The events that followed our withdrawal from Vietnam, including the plight of the boat people and the more than 1 million slaughtered by the new… — Richard M. Nixon
When you have feelings like sadness or anger about your cancer or your plight, to mask them is to lead an artificial life. — Steve Jobs
A compassionate government keeps faith with the trust of the people and cherishes the future of their children. Through compassion for the plight of one… — Lyndon B. Johnson
And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It's not my vision when I cover a woman's face with a chador. I got the idea from a 'National Geographic' photo. I'm just showing… — Alexander McQueen
And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is… — Milan Kundera
If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself or even… — Leonardo da Vinci
When you find yourselves a little gloomy, look around you and find somebody that is in a worse plight than yourself; go to him and… — Lorenzo Snow

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