World Hunger Quotes - Page 3

• If we can muster up that degree of commitment and get away from the uniquely American perception that if something can't be done immediately it isn't worth doing, then I think the Hunger Movement, this small but growing minority of us, can have a truly significant impact.

  Harry Chapin

  Commitment, Thinking, Impact

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• You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition.

  Gro Harlem Brundtland

  Health, Issues, Environmental

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• Without food, man at most can live but a few weeks; without it all other components of social justice are meaningless.

  Norman Borlaug

  Men, Justice, Week

  "Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad".

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• Poverty is the worst form of violence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Peace, Hunger And Poverty

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• To think that one child would go to bed hungry somewhere in this country is heartbreaking... to know how many do is virtually incomprehensible. This is not only a problem that exists in the far reaches of the globe. It happens right here in our own backyard. Together, as concerned citizens, we must do more to make sure every child's needs are met.

  Katie Couric

  Country, Children, Thinking

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• America and Americans always rise to the occasion. If we say we are going to stamp out hunger, I believe we will.

  Christie Brinkley

  Believe, America, Hunger

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• I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that we've been able to bring nutrition and health to the whole world.

  George McGovern

  United States, World, Able

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• An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

  Gro Harlem Brundtland

  Money, Hunger And Poverty, Important

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• He’s always asking: ‘Is that new? I haven’t seen that before.’ It’s like, Why don’t you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out of my closet.

  Michelle Obama

  Mind Your Own Business, Asking, World

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• When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news to a hungry person is bread.

  Desmond Tutu

  Jesus, People, Political

  "God's Mission in the World: An Ecumenical Christian Study Guide on Global Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals". The Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 2006.

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• When a poor person dies of hunger it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.

  Mother Teresa

  Mother, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger Poverty

  Mother Teresa (1996). “In My Own Words”

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• If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Space, Childhood, Poverty

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• I think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.

  Brett Dennen

  Thinking, Two, Issues

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• Reyes leaned back against the bar, crossed his arms over his chest, and studied me from beneath those same ridiculously long lashes. Men and their freaking lashes. It was so unfair. Like the exorbitant cost of designer shoes. Or world hunger.

  Darynda Jones

  Men, Shoes, Long

  Darynda Jones (2015). “The Charley Davidson Series”, p.401, St. Martin's Press

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• I understand, of course, that grain-fed meat is not the cause of the world hunger problem - and eating some of it doesn't directly take food out of the mouths of starving people - but it is, to me, a symbol and a symptom of the basic irrationality of a food system that's divorced from human needs. Therefore, using less meat can be an important way to take responsibility. Making conscious choices about what we eat, based on what the earth can sustain and what our bodies need, can help remind us that our whole society must begin to balance sustainable production with human need.

  Frances Moore Lappé

  Responsibility, Vegetarianism, People

  "Frances Moore Lappe: Diet for a Small Planet". Interview with Steve Keull and Pat Stone, www.motherearthnews.com. March/April 1982.

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• It occurred to me that there wouldn't be world hunger, if you people would MOVE WHERE THE FOOD IS!!!

  Sam Kinison

  Moving, People, World

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• There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are good things. But they are no more a solution than forks and spoons are a solution to world hunger.

  Anna Quindlen

  Gun, Spoons, World

  Anna Quindlen (2010). “Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private”, p.19, Ballantine Books

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• I first got involved with ending world hunger, and I got hip to the facts about it - what a huge problem it was and how it wasn't a matter of not having food or not knowing how to end it, but it was a matter of creating the political will.

  Jeff Bridges

  Knowing, Political Will, Creating

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• Global warming isn't real because I was cold today! Also great news: world hunger is over because I just ate.

  Stephen Colbert

  Real, News, World

  Twitter post from Nov 19, 2014

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• If I were a supervillain, I would end capitalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia... but I guess that's a little too obvious and not villain-y enough. Because that's actually being a superhero. I would break down poverty with my machete; I would end world hunger.

  Kathleen Hanna

  Racism, Superhero, World

  "Kathleen Hanna on buffalo chicken, Destiny's Child, and the sketchy things she did to McDonald's apple pies". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. February 10, 2015.

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• I kind of help solve world peace and world hunger. That's just kind of an average day off for me.

  Nat Wolff

  Average, Days Off, World

  Source: www.justjared.com

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• Nilekani's technocratic obsession with gathering data is consistent with that of Bill Gates, as though lack of information is what is causing world hunger.

  Arundhati Roy

  Data, Gathering, World

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• Are you ready to sacrifice to end world hunger? To sacrifice to end colonialism? To end neo-colonialism? To end racism? To end sexism?

  Assata Shakur

  Sacrifice, Racism, Colonialism

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• You know what the problem is with world hunger? We've been sending them food.

  Sam Kinison

  World, Problem, Hunger

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• It is increasingly obvious that environmentally sustainable solutions to world hunger can only emerge as people eat more plant foods and fewer animal products. To me it is deeply moving that the same food choices that give us the best chance to eliminate world hunger are also those that take the least toll on the environment, contribute the most to our long-term health, are the safest, and are also, far and away, the most compassionate towards our fellow creatures.

  John Robbins

  Moving, Animal, Long

  John Robbins (2010). “The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World”, p.302, Conari Press

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