Starving Quotes

“Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind

“Anger as soon as fed is dead-
'Tis starving makes it fat. ”
― Emily Dickinson, Selected Poems

“A reduction of meat consumption by only 10% would result in about 12 million more tons of grain for human consumption. This additional grain could feed all of the humans across the world who starve to death each year- about 60 million people!”
― Marc Bekoff, Animals Matter: A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect

“How silly people were to eat. They thought they needed food for energy, but they didn't. Energy came from will, from self-control.”
― Steven Levenkron, The Best Little Girl in the World

“I hunger for filling in a world that is starved.”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

“How in hell did those bombers get up there every single second of our lives! Why doesn't someone want to talk about it! We've started and won two atomic wars since 2022! Is it because we're having so much fun at home we've forgotten the world? Is it because we're so rich and the rest of the world's so poor and we just don't care if they are? I've heard rumors; the world is starving, but we're well fed. Is it true, the world works hard and we play? Is that why we're hated so much? I've heard the rumors about hate too, once in a long while, over the years. Do you know why? I don't, that's sure! Maybe the books can get us half out of the cave. They just might stop us from making the same damn insane mistakes!”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“From recovery to rags and rags to recovery symbolizes art - a perfect compilation of human imperfections.”
― Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile

“(Parody that is often falsely believed to be a true quote of Mariah Carey's) Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that but not with all those flies and death and stuff. ”
― Mad Magazine Editors

“Aren’t we all straving -
just for different hearts?”
― Laura Chouette

“When the average American says, “I’m starving,” it is a prelude to a midnight raid on a well-stocked refrigerator or a sudden trip to the nearest fast food restaurant.”
― Carolyn Custis James, The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules

“Aren’t we all starving -
just for different hearts?”
― Laura Chouette

“You don't have to be a prophet or a psychic to see the future. All you have to be is an average observer and notice bare grocery shelves to know food shortages are coming. When you're hungry, you think of your favorite restaurant. But when you're starving, I hope you think of BearPaw Duck And Meme Farm.”
― Jarod Kintz, Duck Quotes For The Ages. Specifically ages 18-81.

“It was a cruel spirit that would punish starving people for what they had been forced to eat, but the spirits had never pretended to be kind.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

“There it is. That temper you try to hide. You know what fascinates me about you? You're a hungry person sitting in front of a banquet, refusing to eat.”
― Holly Black, The Lost Sisters

“You have two options in life: stay home, and stay hungry, or go out there, pluck some cashews, and convert them into cash.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

“Clouds of geese floated out of autumn’s sky and settled onto morning’s pond. Engulfed in this winged majesty, an aged man hobbled to the lake’s edge, reached into a bag, and threw handfuls of corn to the hungry masses. Watching for a moment, he paused and then hobbled away. And I thought, “Never think that you are too old to feed a hungry world, and never think that it’s not hungry.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“An empty stomach will teach you lessons a full stomach can’t.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“You give a whole lot of respect to food when you know what hunger is capable of.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Food is not everything, they say, but it means the world to a starving person.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“The government is financially starving the disabled to death.”
― Steven Magee

“A cheating partner is a person who is either in bondage or isn’t loved the proper way.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Infinity Sign

“The USA has an established history of funding very expensive projects at the expense of starving its poor.”
― Steven Magee

“The ‘American Dream’ is at the food bank.”
― Steven Magee

“There are no conditions for revolution. We are starving.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, Yet Another New Land

“You're hardly more than skin and bones,' she said, her fingers luxurious against my scalp.

'Winter does that to poor mortals,' I said, fighting to keep the sharpness from my tone.

She huffed a laugh. 'If you're wise, you'll keep your mouth shut and your ears open. It'll do you more good here than a loose tongue. And keep your wits about you- even your senses will try to betray you here.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“My family won't last a month without me.' Lucien chuckled, and I gritted my teeth. 'Do you know what it's like to be hungry?' I demanded, anger rising to devour any common sense. 'Do you know what it's like to not know when your next meal will be?'

Tamlin's jaw tightened. 'Your family is alive and well-cared for. You think so low of faeries that you believe I'd take their only source of income and nourishment and not replace it?”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“The rich hear about starvation.
The poor can write a novel about it.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Yearning to taste my love her lips fasten to mine aching to fill up and replenish her starving heart. A heart-hunger dying to again taste what was and still is. Like bare skin seeking to love extravagantly and to walk between worlds.”
― Luca Evola, Arabala

“He turned to Mrs. Liu. "My dear Sister, don't underestimate this little fellow. He might turn out to be a general one day!"

"A general?" Mrs. Liu snorted. "In this world you're doing all right if you don't starve. I couldn't care less whether or not he becomes a high-ranking official."

"What do you want to be when you grow up boy?" Lai Ming-sheng asked Liu Ying.

"Commander in Chief of the Army!" Nose in the air, Liu Ying answered in all seriousness.”
― Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People

“Death by nutritional deficiencies!”
― Steven Magee