“I was often humiliated to see men disputing for a piece of bread, just as animals might have done. My feelings on this subject have very much altered since I have been personally exposed to the tortures of hunger. I have discovered, in fact, that a man, whatever may have been his origin, his education, and his habits, is governed, under certain circumstances, much more by his stomach than by his intelligence and his heart.” MenHeartMayHas BeensDoneFactsFeelingsMightScienceCertainAnimalPiecesSubjectsHabitCircumstancesHungerBreadTortureStomachExposedAlteredHumiliated Book:Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men ... Translated by ... W. H. Smyth ... the Rev. Baden Powell ... and R. Grant Source: Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men ... Translated by ... W. H. Smyth ... the Rev. Baden Powell ... and R. Grant
“Nakedness, hunger, distress of all kinds, death itself have been cheerfully suffered, when the heart was right. It is the feeling of injustice that is insupportable to all men.” MenHeartKindHas BeensFeelingsSufferingInjusticeHungerAll KindsDistress Author:Thomas Carlyle
“If every auditorium were razed to the ground, theatre would still survive, because the hunger in each of us to act and be acted to, is genetic. This intense hunger even crosses the threshold of sleep. For we direct, perform and witness performances every night - theatre cannot die before the last dream has been dreamt.” IfsHas BeensStillsDreamLastsNightDiesSleepCrossesDirectPerformancesHungerTheatreIntenseWitnessEvery NightThresholdAuditoriums Author:Declan Donnellan
“We are not born with a need for knowledge, but a hunger for it. Eve bit the apple and it has been gluttony ever since.” NeedsHas BeensBitsBornHungerApplesGluttony Author:Anthony Marais