“Maybe the Lord's word is decisive on that: The poor are always with us. You know, you'll never run out of people, you can help.”

— Chuck Feeney

Secret Billionaire: The Chuck Feeney Story http://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/learning/video-secret-billionaire-chuck-feeney-story

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American businessman 1931

Mary Schmich (1953) American columnist

"Wear Sunscreen" (1997)

“You can help me to keep my head cool," was the answer. "You stand for the world of common sense which will always win in the long run. When I'm inclined to run amok you'll remind me of England. You'll lower the temperature.”

John Buchan book The House of the Four Winds

Source: The House of the Four Winds (1935), Ch. IV

“Just the way it never rains when you have an umbrella, you'll never run into people if you look fantastic. But go outside in pajamas, and you'll run into every ex you have.”

Tim Gunn (1953) American actor and fashion consultant

Source: Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work

“Then come out," said the king, helping him, "knowing you'll never die of a fall unless the god himself drops you.”

Megan Whalen Turner The King of Attolia

Source: The King of Attolia

“It is disgraceful that you should be used by adults for the purpose of trying to shame us … The timber industry helps hundreds of thousands of poor people in Malaysia. Are they supposed to remain poor because you want to study tropical animals? Is your study more important than filling the stomachs of poor people? Are Malaysians expected to lose millions of pounds so that you can study animals? […] I hope you will tell the adults who made use of you to learn all the facts. They should not be too arrogant and know how best to run a country…”

Mahathir bin Mohamad (1925) Prime Minister of Malaysia

Letter to Darrel Abercrombie in 1987, quoted at Free Malaysia Today http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2013/04/19/a-tale-of-two-ms-mahathir-and-margaret/