Starvation Quotes

149 Starvation quotes by 132 unique authors

It is a simple logic truth that, short of mass emigration into space, with rockets taking off at the rate of several million per second,… — Richard Dawkins
What an ironic tragedy that an affluent, “Christian” minority in the world continues to hoard its wealth while hundreds of millions of people hover on… — Ronald J. Sider
Maybe the last human being on Earth won't die of starvation or exposure or as a meal of wild animals. Maybe the last one to… — Rick Yancey
For the first time the peasant has seen real freedom - freedom to eat his bread, freedom from starvation. — Vladimir Lenin
I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people. I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false. But… — Mother Jones
If one man offers you democracy and another offers you a bag of grain, at what stage of starvation do you prefer the grain to… — Bertrand Russell
I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong, I think this attitude verges… — Alex Tabarrok
In times of war, starvation, hunger and injustice, such tragedy can only be put aside if you allow yourself to be uplifted through music, film… — Emmanuel Jal
I consider the fact that thousands of children die each day from starvation and a lack of medicine a crisis for humanity and a problem… — Alice Walker
My parents did not discourage me but could not understand how I could make a living by art. Their idea of an artist was a… — Jacob Epstein
If the president of the United States says that attacks on civilians, starvation, and denial of religious freedom in Sudan are important international issues, they… — Elliott Abrams
When I was eight years old, I was always starving. My brother and sister died from starvation. — Chen Guangbiao
Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to the gym also… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Even a competent lawyer may not be able to mount an adequate defense against the state, with all its resources, if he has next to… — Anthony Lewis
Zimbabweans are severely malnourished, and deaths from starvation occur even in the cities. The country has not yet suffered nationwide famine only because international donors… — Samantha Power
One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond… — Bertrand Russell
Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a nice plump missionary — Oscar Wilde
Love it when she make faces. Pussy feel like vacation. Eat it like I'm dyin' of starvation. I'm at the finish line, her heart racin.' — Lil Wayne
Person who fills his inner emptiness with positive opinions of surrounding people is like a person who has to eat hay because of starvation. — Ilkin Santak
A starving poor child once asked his mother, 'What's Christmas, mom?' The mother replied: 'That's a good question, but I really don't know because I… — Jean-Paul Malfatti
If you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. If you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a… — Unknown Author
With the over-population and inflation and starvation and the crazy politicians, I don't feel safe in this world no more. — The Kinks
I see no starvation I don't see any pain. I see myself not helping just a loner in the rain. — Unknown Author
If people would only realize that if one leads a life in cooperation with Nature and not against it, then nobody in the world need… — Unknown Author

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