Starvation Quotes

149 Starvation quotes by 132 unique authors

Thou art hunger, yo. Make with the starvation. — Jackie Morse Kessler
A mortal had woven it, a man who, having caught sight of the Seelie queen, had spent the remainder of his short life weaving depictions… — Holly Black
In his student days, he used to argue that if a woman has no other course open to her but starvation, prostitution, or throwing herself… — Margaret Atwood
but all the things Science had promised us hadn't come to pass. Disease was still a problem. Starvation was still a problem. Violence and crime… — Jim Butcher
A fair share of anything is starvation diet to an egomaniac. — Quentin Crisp
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, â€œChristianâ€ 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

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