Emergency Food Programs Quotes & Sayings

By defining the problem as "hunger," the emergency food system is helping to direct our attention away from the more fundamental problem of poverty, and the even more basic problem of inequality. — Janet Poppendieck

If you take any populated place - any major city in America - and drive 45 minutes from that spot directly out of town you'll be in about as country a place as you'll ever find. — Bubba Sparxxx

I am no king, and I am no lord,
And I am no soldier at-arms," said he.
"I'm none but a harper, and a very poor harper,
That am come hither to wed with ye."
"If you were a lord, you should be my lord,
And the same if you were a thief," said she.
"And if you are a harper, you shall be my harper,
For it makes no matter to me, to me,
For it makes no matter to me."
"But what if it prove that I am no harper?
That I lied for your love most monstrously?"
"Why, then I'll teach you to play and sing,
For I dearly love a good harp," said she. — Peter S. Beagle

In the West, you take people at their word. — Ken Salazar

He was more of a cut-a-wisebrack-and-run-for-cover kind of guy. — Rachel Hawthorne

Msabu's bleeding. She does not have this ox. This lion is hungry. He does not have this ox. This wagon is heavy. It doesn't have this ox. God is happy, msabu. He plays with us. — Karen Blixen

In centenarians and supercentenarians - people over 110 - you see a higher level of fecundity much later in life. — S. Jay Olshansky

It was an Indian summer afternoon in Indiana, a rare gift. We walked home slowly. I thought Mom might be wrong about me having all I needed, but just at that moment, I had no need to complain. — Haven Kimmel

Poverty is everywhere, Zarish. People should have the courage to get out of the vicious circle of it. — Sara Naveed