#shortage

[...] during one train stop, I watched as another guard with a spirit of empathy, ran out into an apple orchard and picked apples. He carried his jacket like a bag and filled it with apples. The kind German came to our open train window and handed us each an apple. The juicy apple tasted so delicious. I so appreciated that apple and his unusual compassion. ↗

— Oliver Omanson

#food-shortage #nazis #prisoner-of-war #world-war-ii #food

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#man #masculine #only #shortage #societies

I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now. ↗

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

#feel #found #i #i feel #interesting

The high food value of field beans and the shortage of supply due to the light yields of 1915 and 1916 render them of great importance in the regions to which they are adapted. ↗

— David F. Houston

#beans #due #field #food #great

There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#days #good #hard #lives #shortage

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do. ↗

— Bill Gates

#cleaned #educating #every #fantastic #inner

If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers. ↗

— Doug Larson

#english #english language #flowers #language #made

You'd rather have a surplus versus a shortage in your position. ↗

— Kenneth Lay

#rather #shortage #surplus #versus #you

The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and educational opportunities, discrimination against women and - the most virulent cause of all - the absence of freedom. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#against #cause #discrimination #east #educational

We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#gasoline #go #going #prices #shortages