#misery

Apple is a wonderful company for its customers and investors. So, too, Pixar. (NeXT, not so much...) But Apple is also an engine of misery for its subcontracted Chinese workers. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#apple #chinese #company #customers #engine

As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti, to share in their suffering, help rebuild the country, moving from misery to poverty with dignity. ↗

— Jean-Bertrand Aristide

#as far as #concerned #country #dignity #far

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#does #ears #eyes #feet #hands

It's been a misery for me, living with Christine Keeler. ↗

— Christine Keeler

#christine #living #me #misery

Misery is a communicable disease. ↗

— Martha Graham

#disease #misery

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. ↗

— Charles Darwin

#great #institutions #laws #misery #nature

I've led this empty life for over forty years and now I can pass that heritage on and ensure that the misery will continue for at least one more generation. ↗

— Larry David

#empty #ensure #forty #forty years #generation

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb. ↗

— Josh Billings

#man #misery #must #numb #suffer

About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it. ↗

— Josh Billings

#between #difference #enjoy #misery #only

May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#feel #help #hoping #i #impertinence