Third World Quotes

167 Third World quotes by 144 unique authors

The Great Depression was going on, so that the station and the streets teemed with homeless people, just as they do today. The newspapers were… — Kurt Vonnegut
But perhaps more important, as someone wishing to make a comment or two about contemporary life and values, I don't have to dig through libraries… — Sidney Poitier
A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around. He… — Paul Simon
Today’s milestone is human madness. Politics is a part of it, particularly in its lethal outbursts. Politics is not, as it was for Hannah Arendt,… — Julia Kristeva
Saeed quickly found employment at a Banana Republic, where he would sell to urban sophisticates the black turtleneck of the season, in a shop whose… — Kiran Desai
Cool is spent. Cool is empty. Cool is ex post facto. When advertisers and pundits hoard a word, you know it's time to retire from… — Rick Moody
The only type of men Julia's mother had warned her about were wealthy industrialist who polluted the environment and took advantage of third-world countries. And… — Cathie Linz
Why do our parents have the ability to make us feel like children even when our hair is graying and we have a mortgage that… — Michael Robotham
When a captive lion steps out of his cage, he comes into a wider world than the lion who has known only the wilds. While… — Yukio Mishima
all that has changed, in my opinion, is that, thanks to television, we can hide a great depression. we may even be hiding a third… — Kurt Vonnegut
Paris Hilton is going on a goodwill mission to Rwanda. It’s the first time an entire Third World country will have to get immunizations for… — Chelsea Handler
I will tell you one thing that will make you rich for life. There are two struggles: an Inner-world struggle and an Outer-world struggle...you must… — G I Gurdjieff
No. But it's like the argument `don't donate to third-world countries because the money mightn't get to them.' People only say that because it makes… — Melina Marchetta
The rich world likes and wishes to believe that someone, somewhere, is doing something for the Third World. For this reason, it does not inquire… — Christopher Hitchens
I guess Satan was the first superhero [...] In his first adventure, he took the form of a snake to free two prisoners being held… — Joe Hill
Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians and gay men… — Audre Lorde
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
To help people in the third world get educated and learn how to read and write is so important. I mean it is such an… — Eva Green
I hate old people, I hate children. I think any celebrity that adopts a child from a third world country is a fool. — Joan Rivers
What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way. — Ferdinand Marcos
Portland is quickly becoming one of those lovely, lush Third World countries where kinda-rich people retire with their money. — Chuck Palahniuk
Child labour may be distasteful to westerners, but does boycotting goods made with child labour improve or exacerbate the lot of third world children? Trusting… — Noreena Hertz
My mom set up relief programs in third world countries. We would do things like go to Bogota with her instead of summer camp. — Unknown Author
When people from organizations like the World Bank descended on Third World countries, they always tried to remove obstacles to development, to reduce economic anxiety… — Malcolm Gladwell
World fertility surveys indicate that anywhere from one third to one half of the babies born in the Third World would not be if their… — Donella Meadows

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