Poverty Quote by P. J. O'Rourke Download Open image “I spent almost 25 years as a foreign correspondent, and the world's primary problem is poverty.” — P. J. O'Rourke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Poverty Primaries Problem World Years
I think I'm still chewing on my years as a foreign correspondent. I found myself covering catastrophes - war, uprising, famine, refugee crises -… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
I work for a big newspaper, and I guess I'm an insider. I don't have the luxury of calling myself a foreign correspondent and… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
The endeavor of being a foreign correspondent means that you will never be their equal. And that has its pros and cons. Were you to be an insider in a particular society, then you would be one of them, and the way you would write about that society would be very different. When you're brought up in a certain way,… — Anjan Sundaram Copy Share
I began college during the Iraq War and initially wanted to be a foreign correspondent. — Kasie Hunt Copy Share Image
Initially, I tried to become an aid worker and someone who could help people, but I was unsuccessful in convincing anyone that I could… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
It wasn't something I started off in my teens or early twenties thinking I want to be a war correspondent. I still don't think… — Stephen Farrell Copy Share Image
As a journalist, I have spent years reporting on often difficult and depressing conflicts, on poverty, and the inhuman way we sometimes treat each… — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
I think, in a way, I've returned to who I used to be as a global correspondent whose life was devoted to really making… — Brad Willis Copy Share Image
The desire to become a journalist came really because I very much like living abroad, and like to travel, and wanted to be paid… — John Pomfret Copy Share Image
My dad originally wanted to be a foreign correspondent before he got into politics. We have very similar personalities, so I think I get… — Abby Huntsman Copy Share Image
On the flip side, I enjoy covering the Arab world, I've spent my entire career here in the Middle East, but I would never… — Anthony Shadid Copy Share Image
I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal de Geneve,… — Francois Gautier Copy Share Image
In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The Democrats said, "We don't know what's wrong with America, but we can fix it." The Republicans said, "There's nothing wrong with America, and… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
At Epcot Center the Disney corporation has focused its attention on two things greatly in need of Disneyfication: the tedious future and the annoying… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than anything else… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the federal government,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And he's such… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Journalists are notoriously easy to kid. All you have to do is speak to a journalist in a very serious tone of voice, and… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I'll be 56 this year, I've got two kids, and I think it's probably time to go back to writing one-glove jokes. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
I know that in the rap game you've got a lot of people, that come from poverty, was born in poverty and if it… — Jon Connor Copy Share Image
Give me, indulgent gods with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene, No splendid poverty, no smiling care, No well-bred hate,… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or… — Sheila Kamerman Copy Share Image
In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“In places where government priorities and market imperatives create a world so capricious that to help a neighbor is to risk your ability to… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“I've always been after the trappings of great luxury. But all I've got hold of are the trappings of great poverty. I've got hold… — Peter Cook Copy Share Image
Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. — Hans Kung Copy Share Image