Quote by David Grann Download Open image ““The world’s richest people per capita were becoming the world’s most murdered.”” — David Grann ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Half of the world population is dying from poverty and hunger and still you think you are not rich enough.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
“If we have not been able to create a prosperous world, the blame for this should not only be placed on the greedy and… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“It’s a pity you think that the world can be righted through murder. Isn’t there enough death in the world already from hunger, starvation,… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
“Neither the richest will ever die the richest nor the poorest will ever die the poorest but it seems a tragedy that both will… — Abushama Khan Copy Share Image
“Spreading old ways to create wealth around the world will result in devastation, not riches.” — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
“the world’s greatest murdering machine ‘a job,’ is something that I cannot understand.” — D. Lawrence-Young Copy Share Image
“To believe that the Osages survived intact from their ordeal is a delusion of the mind. What has been possible to salvage has been… — David Grann Copy Share Image
“Over the next two decades, the Osage were forced to cede nearly a hundred million acres of their ancestral land, ultimately finding refuge in… — David Grann Copy Share Image
“Only in the mid-nineteenth century, after the growth of industrial cities and a rash of urban riots—after dread of the so-called dangerous classes surpassed… — David Grann Copy Share Image
“Emmett White became a firm, even unyielding, sheriff. Still, he showed remarkable consideration toward the people in his custody and insisted on making arrests… — David Grann Copy Share Image
My mother doesn't need much sleep. At any hour of the night, you'd wake up, and she'd be reading. She'd read five, six books… — David Grann Copy Share Image
The way we live history is not the way historians tell history. Our lives are messy and chaotic and bewildering. — David Grann Copy Share Image
“Fawcett, who had always found refuge in the natural world, no longer recognized the wilderness of bombed-out villages, denuded trees, craters, and sunbaked skeletons.… — David Grann Copy Share Image
“Does God think that, because it is raining, I am not going to destroy the world? - Lope de Aguirre after going mad in… — David Grann Copy Share Image
“In 1804, a delegation of Osage chiefs met with Jefferson at the White House. He told the navy secretary that the Osage, whose warriors… — David Grann Copy Share Image
“Instead, the terrain looked like Nebraska—perpetual plains that faded into the horizon. When I asked Taukane where the forest was, he said, simply, “Gone.” — David Grann Copy Share Image
