Poverty Not Impacting People Quotes & Sayings

When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance. — Freddie Mercury

You want to know how I got these scars. I swallowed my pride and then it crawled its way out of my mouth. — Rudy Francisco

Always be prepared! — Deyth Banger

The children who were able to sit for three minutes with a marshmallow on the table in front of them without eating it were rewarded with two marshmallows when the experimenter returned. But that's as crazy as inbox-watching. Krishna said we have the right to our labor, but not to the fruits of our labor. He meant that the piano is its own reward, as is the canvas, the barre, and the movieola. Fuck the marshmallows. — Steven Pressfield

A mechanical encounter or other energy-exchange may cause tissue damage. — James J. Gibson

Reading wasn't an attempt to educate myself. It was my chief escape from a world that, although gorgeous in landscape and rich with mountain culture, didn't provide what I needed - the promise of adventure, a life beyond the perimeter of hills. I often fantasized that I'd been adopted and had mysterious powers such as flying or teleportation. Books offered the promise of a world in which misfits like me could flourish. Within the pages of a novel, I was unafraid: of my father, of dogs, snakes, and the bully across the creek; of older boys who drove hot rods close enough to make me jump in the ditch; of armed men parked near the bootlegger. — Chris Offutt

My guest to dinner was my best friend, Jocelyn, who had taken the train down from New York. We forewent seeing any DC museums or national monuments to order cheeseburgers and watch Will & Grace in bed at our hotel, because we are real best friends, not lame fake friends trying to impress each other with how fascinated we are with culture and learning. — Mindy Kaling

Everyone changes all the time. — Ken Livingstone

If you don't love, then nobody gets hurt. It's easy to leave. It's easy to lose. It's easy to let go. — Amy Harmon

Truth is it's own witness. — J. Richard Clarke

A man doesn't realize how much he can stand until he is put to the test. You can stand far more than you think you can. You are much stronger than you think you are. — Martin Niemoller

Motivation is the single most important factor in any sort of success. — Edmund Hillary

The Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin has a legal right to ride in a golf cart between shots at PGA Tour events. Man, the next thing you know, they're going to have some guy carry his clubs around for him. — Jon Stewart

The greatest problem we face is the growing number of people living in poverty. The related sense of hopelessness has to be impacting on every part of environmental management. — Richard Leakey

That was the nature of history, of course: notional, partial, unknowable, a record made by the victors. — Kate Morton

Riddle of destiny, who can show What thy short visit meant, or know What thy errand here below? — Charles Lamb