Martin Amis Quote

Do not avert your eyes.It is important that you see this.It is important that you feelthis.

The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.

Let my silence grow with noise as pregnant mothers grow with life. Let my silence permeate these walls as sunlight permeates a home. Let the silence rise from unwatered graves and craters left by bomb...

We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.

May we always be burdened with thinking of the suffering of others, for that is what it means to be human.

A poor man knows the true value of money and will not dare waste it, but a rich man is extravagant and always looking for an opportunity to empty his pockets.

If your expenditure brings you poverty, then you may call yourself a poor but the world will call you a fool.

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.

A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.

It is as difficult for most poor people to truly believe that they could someday escape poverty as it is for most wealthy people to truly believe that their wealth could someday escape them.