The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers. – William James Category: Poverty
For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred. – John Gardner Category: Poverty
My poverty is not complete: it lacks me. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Poverty
If you went for a job interview in a Glasgow law firm, they used to ask you what school you went to. And that was a way of finding out what religion you were. – Denise Mina Category: Religion
Go play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the ball. Repeat until the ball is in the hole. Have fun. The end. – Chuck Hogan Category: Golf
I am glad my ancestors arrived on the Mayflower, but I am gladder that there are nine generations between us. – William Lyon Phelps Category: Pilgrims
Out of Ireland have we come, great hatred, little room, maimed us at the start. I carry from my mothers womb a fanatic heart. – William Butler Yeats Category: great
