“Now, in answer to the question would we use force in the Middle East. I don't know...I hope not. We have no plans to, it is conceivable, I guess. It would be almost as bad as the seven days in May. You conjure up a situation where there is another oil embargo, and the people in this country are not only inconvenienced and uncomfortable, but suffer.” PeopleKnowsMayCountryUseWould BeSufferingForceAnswersSituationPlansMiddleSevenJewOilEastUncomfortableMiddle EastSeven DaysEmbargo Author:George Scratchley Brown
“The American people know the economy is too weak. Too many of them are suffering. So the question for Washington is, are we going to continue to play political games and - and - or are we going to say, we can do something right now to create jobs, to put money in the pockets of the middle-class, hire construction workers, teachers, veterans?” PeopleKnowsPlayJobsPoliticalSufferingGamesCan DoClassEconomyTeacherMiddleRight NowWeakWorkersMiddle ClassPocketsConstructionVeteranCan Do SomethingConstruction WorkersPolitical Games Author:David Plouffe
“You care about the deficit because it allows you to do things you need to do to help people who are suffering.” PeopleNeedsHelpingCareSufferingDeficit Author:Christina Romer
“So much of the world's suffering results from the sinful action or inaction of ourselves and others. For example, people look at a famine and wonder where God is, but the world produces enough food for each person to have 3,000 calories a day. It's our own irresponsibility and self-centeredness that prevents people from getting fed.” PeopleWorldLooksPersonsSelfEnoughActionSufferingResultsWonderExampleProduceFedsInactionFamineCaloriesIrresponsibilitySelf CenterednessCenteredness Author:Lee Strobel
“Some people get tired of continual perception of the finite universe. They feel the perception of the universe over and over in variant forms is kind of an unhappy condition, because it doesn't last.” PeopleFeelsKindWisdomLastsFormSufferingUniverseConditionsBuddhismPerceptionTiredUnhappyFinite Author:Frederick Lenz
“Most people have no idea how unhappy they are because they don't know what happiness is. When they get a little break from their total pain, they feel a little better and they call it happiness.” PeopleKnowsFeelsLittlesIdeasPainHappinessSufferingBreakBuddhismUnhappyNo Idea Author:Frederick Lenz
“If investments in banks fall, it is a tragedy, and people say, 'What are we going to do?' but if people die of hunger, have nothing to eat or suffer from poor health, that's nothing.” PeopleIfsSufferingDiesFallPoorTragedyInvestmentHungerPoor Health Author:Pope Francis
“Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have become involved since I spoke at Limerick fortnight ago.” PeopleHas BeensWarSufferingMillionsGoneInvolvedSpokesSympathyLimerickFortnight Author:Eamon de Valera
“Since my accident I am a little more mindful of the suffering of other people.” PeopleLittlesSufferingAccidentsSuffering Of Others Author:George C. Wallace
“If children have an interest in nature, they will understand. I want them to become people who appreciate the consequences the next generation will suffer if we destroy our natural surroundings. So without a doubt, they need to learn that nature is vital to us by experiencing it. I want them to like nature and to climb mountains and so on.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsChildrenSufferingNextInterestNaturalDoubtGenerationsMountainConsequenceAppreciateClimbsSurroundingsNext Generation Author:Tamae Watanabe
“We live in a world of wars and wars alarms, of famines, of oppression. While there are many wonderful people in this world, you'll notice one curious fact about them, they all suffer, they all die, and sometimes those who are the nicest seem to suffer the most.” PeopleWorldInspirationalWarSometimesFactsSeemsSufferingDiesWonderfulThis WorldBuddhismOppressionCuriousAlarmsFamine Author:Frederick Lenz