“Why should I feed my prisoners when I don't have enough to feed my peasants?”
Ayittey, p. 109
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Mobutu Sésé Seko25
President of Zaïre 1930–1997Related quotes
“My love is hopeless! I know it. But it will feed me to my dying day.”
William J. Locke (1863–1930) British writer
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol (1912), p. 103.
Nguyễn Công Hoan (1903–1977)
Dead End (or Impasse, 1938), as quoted in Understanding Vietnam by Neil L. Jamieson (University of California Press, 1995), p. 159
Dorothy Day (1897–1980) Social activist
Dom Helder Camara, Brazilian archbishop, as quoted in Peace Behind Bars : A Peacemaking Priest's Journal from Jail (1995) by John Dear, p. 65; this is a translation of "Quando dou comida aos pobres chamam-me de santo. Quando pergunto por que eles são pobres chamam-me de comunista."
Variant translations:
When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why are they poor, they call me a Communist.
When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a Communist.
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Bisola Aiyeola (1986) Nigerian Actress
Source: https://www.ivory-ng.com/n15000-ended-university-education-bisola-aiyeola/ Bisola sharing her down moments in an interview with NAIJ.com
“Talking about my fears to others feeds it.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“My love feeds on your love, beloved”
Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) Chilean poet
Mi amor se nutre de tu amor, amada
From "Si Tu Me Olvidas" (If You Forget Me)
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) American economist and diplomat
"Recession Economics," New York Review of Books, Volume 29, Number 1 (4 February 1982)
Context: Mr. David Stockman has said that supply-side economics was merely a cover for the trickle-down approach to economic policy— what an older and less elegant generation called the horse-and-sparrow theory: If you feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows.
