Awareness Quotes

"We have weapons of mass destruction we have to address here at home. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Unemployment is a weapon of mass destruction."

- Dennis Kucinich

"Reminder: Being hateful towards people going through homelessness and poverty doesn’t solve homelessness and poverty."

- Terence Lester

"As an immigrant, I truly believed when I was coming to this country that people had the tools necessary to life to live a life that is prosperous, that is just and free. So, every single day, I am shocked with the hypocrisy of this country. That we are the wealthiest nation in the world. But we cannot figure out how to house our homeless people."

- Ilhan Omar

"'Who is going to pay for that?' is never asked when it comes to police & military budgets, yet it is the default response to policy agendas that dare to help folks experiencing homelessness, food insecurity, & mental health issues. We fund what we value, we police what we don’t."

- Ahmed Ali

"Homelessness is the canary in the mine. It’s the prophetic call to all of us that there’s something radically wrong in our society if anybody is living on our streets."

- Sister Mary Scullion

"Healthcare as a human right, it means that every child, no matter where you are born, should have access to a college or trade-school education if they so choose it, and I think no person should be homeless if we can have public structures and public policy to allow for people to have homes and food and lead a dignified life in the United States."

- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

"We can’t forget that there are so many young people who are homeless — and unbelievably vulnerable."

- Stacey Dooley

"More than half of homeless youth became homeless for the first time because they were asked to leave home by a parent or caregiver."

- Dr. Resa Matthew

"It’s hard being homeless at any age, but at 16 years old? I can’t even imagine. When you’re a homeless twithen, how do you build a future or have any sort of life?"

- Stacey Dooley

"Like you, I know people who drink, people who do drugs, and bosses who have tantrums and treat their subordinates like dirt. They all have good jobs. Were they to become homeless, some of them would surely also become ‘alcoholics,’ ‘addicts,’ or ‘mentally ill’."

- Elliot Liebow

"How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?"

- Shane Claiborne

"From the comfort of our own homes it's hard to understand the complexities of something like poverty and homelessness."

- Terence Lester

"The homeless often feel invisible, allowed to plummet through widening holes in the social safety net, then hidden in doorways from which people avert their eyes."

- Dawn Foster

"Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction."

- Quran

"And if We give man a taste of mercy from Us and then We withdraw it from him, indeed, he is despairing and ungrateful. But if We give him a taste of favor after hardship has touched him, he will surely say, “Bad times have left me.” Indeed, he is exultant and boastful–"

- Quran

"He knows what is within the heavens and the earth and knows what you conceal and what you declare. And Allah is Knowing of that within the breasts."

- Quran 64:4

"And among His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the diversity of your languages and colors. Surely there are signs in this for those who know."

- Quran 30:22

"I am a female coach in an industry where women have always been treated like small men."

- Emma Hayes

"I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football."

- Les Ferdinand

"Your body is not the enemy. Society’s obsession with thinness and perfection is the enemy."

- Virgie Tovar

"Fat acceptance is not about glorifying “ob*sity”; it’s about challenging the societal stigma and discrimination that fat people face."

- Virgie Tovar

"Fat is not the problem; fatphobia is the problem. It’s time we dismantle the systems that oppress fat people and perpetuate harmful stereotypes."

- Virgie Tovar

"Is “fat” really the worst thing a human being can be? Is “fat” worse than “vindictive,” “jealous,” “shallow,” “vain,” “boring,” or “cruel”? Not to me."

- J.K. Rowling

"Oh, Christmas isn't just a day. It's a frame of mind."

- Miracle on 34th Street

"This bell is a wonderful symbol of the spirit of Christmas as am I. Just remember the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart."

- Santa Claus

"We all eat, and it would be a sad waste of opportunity to eat badly."

- Anna Thomas

"Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture."

- Mark Kurlansky

"The best way to know a city is to eat it."

- Scott Westerfeld

"To understand a culture, you must taste its food."

- Deborah Cater

"The world benefits from your insecurity, not confidence - Remember that."