America Quote by Will Self

The psychological pain--and the ethical shame--of American poverty are made greater by the fact that this country possesses the wealth and the energy to…

— Kenneth Keniston

Somebody had tipped the American continent like a pinball machine and all the goofballs had come rolling to LA in the southwest corner. I…

— Jack Kerouac

“Even if we act to erase material poverty, there is another greater task; it is to confront the poverty of satisfaction – purpose and…

— Nic Marks

For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a…

— Kim Campbell

There is a power under your control that is greater than poverty, greater than the lack of education, greater than all your fears and…

— Andrew Carnegie

If you want to get at African American poverty, the income gap, wealth gap, achievement gap, that the most important thing is to make…

— Barack Obama

I lived below the official American poverty line until I was 31.

— Dustin Hoffman

One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I had consumed a lot of American culture, but I was not quite prepared for the reality of American poverty.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I think one of the most important American films is 'Jackie Brown,' which is such a humble depiction of humble characters but so powerful.…

— Arnaud Desplechin

You wouldn't be human if you didn't feel both a sense of responsibility and a deep sadness for those who have lost their lives.

— Tony Blair

The ocean was one of the greatest things he had ever seen in his life—bigger and deeper than anything he had imagined. It changed…

— Haruki Murakami