P Quotes
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“Poverty" Pitt exclaimed "is no disgrace but it is damned annoying." In the contemporary United States it is not annoying but it is a disgrace.”
Source: The affluent society
“Poverty's child - he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.”
“Poverty's potential for character building is far overrated.”
“Poverty, chastity, and obedience are extremely difficult. But there are always the graces if you will pray for them.”
Source: The Nun's Story, Merry Christmas Mr. Baxter, The Success, The Diamond Hitch, The Sleeping Partner
“Poverty, discrimination, and ignorance restrict growth.”
“Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one's own sins.”
“Poverty, first of all was never a misfortune for me; it was radiant with sunlight.. I owe it to my family, first of all, who lacked everything and who envied practically nothing.”
“Poverty, for me, is synonymous with degradation.”
“Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common Sense.”
Source: The Laws of Nature: Excerpts from the Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Poverty, I realized, wasn't only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people that could help you make more of yourself.”
Source: Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
“Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.”
Source: Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings
“Poverty, in the end, is a state of dispossession and deprivation in which people are not only deprived of their income, but also of opportunity, empowerment and, most important, dignity.”
“Poverty, labor, and calamity are not without their luxuries, which the rich, the indolent, and the fortunate in vain seek for.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“Poverty, many can endure with dignity. Success, how few can carry off, even with decency and without baring their innermost infirmities before the public gaze!”
Source: Success
“POVERTY, n. A file provided for the teeth of the rats of reform. Its victims are distinguished by possession of all the virtues and by their faith in leaders seeking to conduct them into a prosperity where they believe these to be unknown.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary
“Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous”
“Poverty, the existence of the poor, was the first cause of riches.”
“Poverty, the most fearful monster that ever drew breath.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aristophanes (Illustrated)
“Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution.”
“Poverty, the racial divide and social injustice do not impact only those who suffer most visibly. Alleviating poverty and injustice is a responsibility we must never forget or abandon.”
“Poverty, therefore, was comparative. One measured it by a sliding scale. One was always poor, in terms of those who were richer.”
Source: The Radiant Way
“Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.”
Source: The Macdermots of Ballycloran: Trollope's Works
“Poverty, we may say, surrounds a man with ready-made barriers, which if they do mournfully gall and hamper, do at least prescribe for him, and force on him, a sort of course and goal; a safe and beaten, though a circuitous, course. A great part of his guidance is secure against fatal error, is withdrawn from his control. The rich, again, has his whole life to guide, without goal or barrier, save of his own choosing, and, tempted, is too likely to guide it ill.”
Source: The Works of Thomas Carlyle
“Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect.”
Source: Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: With Notice of His Life
“Poverty-fighting programs are not handouts - they are investments.”
“Poverty. Racism. Isn't it strange, only the homeless are begging for change?”
“Poverty? Wealth? Seek neither -- / One causes swollen heads, / The other, swollen bellies.”
“Povestea ei îmi amintește ce scria un psiholog american, Nathaniel Branden, despre părinții lui în cartea „Anii mei cu Ayn Rand". El spunea că în copilărie și cu părinții lui și cu ceilalți adulți pe care i-a întâlnit avea sentimentul, bineînțeles fără să îl poată pune în aceste cuvinte, că era născut într-un azil de lunatici. Fiecare părea în afara oricărui control de sine. Nimeni nu știa cu adevărat de ce face un anumit lucru. El a avut un sentiment copleșitor al iraționalității umane. Adulții spuneau un lucru și făceau un altul. Clamau un anumit sentiment, dar în mod evident simțeau cu totul altceva. Își schimbau regulile și așteptările la fiecare câteva ore. Îi mințeau pe copii și se mințeau unii pe alții tot timpul. Erau generoși și calzi într-o zi și niște nenorociți în ziua următoare. Era, scrie Branden, ca și cum erau posedați de niște demoni. Și toți păreau nefericiți. Iar el nu putea înțelege de ce. Își repeta că nu trebuie să fie speriat și că trebuie să învețe să înțeleagă toate aceste lucruri și că își promitea ca niciodată să nu fie ca acești oameni. Asta, credea el, l-a salvat.”
“Povratak se na grčkom kaže nostos. Algos znači patnja. Nostalgija je, znači, patnja izazvana neostvarenom željom za povratkom. Za to osnovno značenje većina Evropljana može da se posluži rečju grčkog porekla (nostalgia) i drugim izrazima koji svoj koren imaju u njihovom jeziku : anoranya, kažu Španci; saudade, kažu Portugalci. U svakom od jezika, ove reči nose drugačiju semantičku nijansu. Najčešće označavaju samo tugu izazvanu nemogućnošću povratka u domovinu. Tugovanje za domovinom. Tugovanje za zavičajem. To se na engleskom kaže : homesickness. Ili na nemačkom : Heimweh. A na holandskom : heimwee. Ali to je samo prostorno ograničenje jednog sveobuhvatnog značenja. Jedan od najstarijih evropskih jezika, islandski, dobro razlikuje ta dva izraza : soknudur : tugovanje u opštem značenju, heimfra : tugovanje za domovinom. Česi, pored reči nostalgija, pozajmljene iz grčkog, imaju za taj pojam i sopstvenu imenicu, stesk, i njoj odgovarajući glagol; najdirljivija rečenica na češkom glasi : stzska mi se po tobe : tugujem za tobom, ne mogu da podnesem bol zbog našeg rastanka. Na španskom, anoranza nastaje od glagola anorar (tugovati) koji dolazi od katalonskog glagola enjorar, koji je, pak, izveden od latinske reči ignorare. Pod tim semiotičkim osvetljenjem, nostalgija se javlja kao patnja zbog onoga što ne znamo. Ti si daleko i ne znam šta se dešava sa tobom. Moja je domovina daleko i ne znam šta se tamo događa. Neko jezici iamju poteškoća sa nostalgijom : Francuzi mogu jedino da je izraze imenicom grčkog porekla, a nemaju glagol; oni mogu da kažu : je m' ennuie de toi ali reč s' ennuzer je slaba, hladna, u svakom slučaju previše lagana za jedno tako ozbiljno osećanje. Nemci retko koriste reč nostalgija u njenoj grčkoj formi i više vole d akažu : Sensucht : tuga za odsutnim; ali Sehnsucht može da se tiče onoga što se zbilo kao i onoga što se još nije (nova pustolovina) i ne uključuje obavezno ideju nostosa; jer da bi se u reči Sehnsucht uključila ideja povratka, treba dodati neku od odredbi : Sehnsucht nach der Vergangenheit, nach der verloren Kindheit, nach der ersten Liebe (tuga za prošlošću, za izgubljenim detinjstvom, za prvom ljubavi).
Odiseja, epopeja koja je rodonačelnik priče o nostalgiji, rođena je u zoru antiučke grčke kulture. naglasimo i to : Odisej, najveća lutalica svih vremena, ujedno je i najveći nostalgičar. Otišao je (bez vidljivog zadovoljstva) u trojanski rat koji je potrajao deset godina. Potom je požurio da se vrati na svoju rodnu Itaku, međutim, svađe bogova produžiše njegovo stradanje najpre na tri godine ispunjene najčudnovatijim događajima, a potom na još narednih sedam kao talac i ljubavnik boginje Kalipso koja ga, zaljubljena, nije puštala da napusti njeno ostrvo.
Na kraju petog pevanja Odiseje, on joj kaže : "Stoga se, boginjo gospo, ne srdi na me, ja znadem veoma dobro da se Penelopa mudra i licem i veličinom na oči neznatnija čini; ona je smrtna, a ti si vekovita i vazda mlada; ali i takvu ja je žudim i jednako želim domu svojem da dođem i ugledam povratku danak!" I Homer nastavlja : "Tako Odisej reče, i spusti se mrak, jer sunce se već smiri, a njih oboje uđu u prostranu špilju pa se ležeć jedno kraj drugoga ljubiše slatko.”
Source: Ignorance
“POW 369, I should salute you from this heart of mine. And thank you for placing your life on the line.”
“Pow'r above pow'rs!
O heavenly eloquence!
That with the strong rein of commanding words,
Dost manage, guide, and master th' eminence
Of men's affections, more than all their swords!”
“Powder Burns by Stewart Stafford
A lone boy prowls a murky sandbar,
The cataract sky, judgemental kin,
A wrecking-ball life's flattened vista—
Any hopeful resolution growing thin.
Alley dice swallowed all naïveté,
Fixed or cursed, he remained unsure,
Surreptitious bone-white erotic charge,
Legacy besmirched by fame impure.
A neon safari hunt of the vanished,
Luring victims to his flytrap home,
Murderous brief interval to loneliness,
A purring predator refusing to atone.
© 2026, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
“Powder is but a thing of yesterday, and war is as old as the human race--unhappily.”
Source: The Mysterious Island (World Classics, Unabridged)
“Powder snow skiing is not fun. It is life, fully lived, life lived in a blaze of reality. What we experience in powder is the original human self, which lies deeply inside each of us, still undamaged in spite of what our present culture tries to do to us. Once experienced, this kind of living is recognized as the only way to live — fully aware of the earth and the sky and the gods and you, the mortal, playing among them.”
“Powder snow skiing is not fun. It's life, fully lived - life lived in a blaze of reality.”
“Powdered donuts," Tyson said earnestly. "I will look for powdered donuts in the wilderness." He headed outside and started calling, "Here, donuts!”
Source: The Sea of Monsters
“Powdered Saxophone Music is now FOR SALE. (Duck pond not included.)”
Source: A Memoir of Memories and Memes
“Powdermilk biscuits: Heavens, theyre tasty and expeditious! Theyre made from whole wheat, to give shy persons the strength to get up and do what needs to be done”
“Powell belongs, in fact to the first generation of American poets who may have grown up without even a vestigial connection to the accentual-syllabic, rhyming English tradition - his inventive lines have this absence at their back.”
Source: Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry
“Powell’s face appeared on screen. “It’s true, the doomsday crowd is a little crazy,” she said, looking thoughtful. “But that doesn’t mean they’re wrong.”
Source: A Journal of the Crazy Year
“Power ... is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end.”
Source: National and international dimensions
“Power ... is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.”
Source: Gravity and Grace
“Power ... was the coin of the Washington realm and, without it, you might as well file for bankruptcy.”
“Power, a paycheck and control do sick things to those who have the illusion of possessing it.”
“Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power.”
“Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
[Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus exercuit.]”
“Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.”
“Power always acts destructively, for its possessors are ever striving to lace all phenomena of social life into a corset of their laws to give them a definite shape. Its mental expression is dead dogma; its physical manifestation of life, brute force. This lack of intelligence in its endeavours leaves its imprint likewise on the persons of its representatives, gradually making them mentally inferior and brutal, even though they were originally excellently endowed. Nothing dulls the mind and soul of man as does the eternal monotony of routine, and power is essentially routine.”
“Power always becomes consolidated back into the hands of very few people... whether they be an economic aristocracy, a royalty, a monarchy which is the most concentrated form of oligarchy where it depends on one King who is ordained supposedly by God to rule.”
“Power always brings with it responsibility.”
Source: The New Nationalism