Hungry Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old hungry quotes, hungry sayings, and hungry proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

People are hungry for what's happening right now in the world. Kevin Systrom
Hungry men have no respect for law, authority or human life. Marcus Garvey
A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers. Seneca The Younger
Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. Bertolt Brecht
Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence. Pearl Bailey
Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something. Mitch Hedberg
When hope is hungry, everything feeds it. Mignon McLaughlin
Eat only when you are hungry. Drink only when you're thirsty. Sleep only when you're tired. Screw only when you're horny. Al Neuharth
A hungry man is an angry one. Buchi Emecheta
A hungry man can't see right or wrong. He just sees food. Pearl S Buck
People are hungry for messages of hope and life. Morgan Brittany
A hungry stomach cannot hear. Jean de la Fontaine
Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own. Mother Teresa
We are hungry for things that have touched human hands. Faith Popcorn
To a hungry person, every bitter food is sweet. When the preferable is not available, the available becomes preferable! Israelmore Ayivor
A hungry stomach rarely despises common food. Horace
Some people prefer eating dessert to the main course. These people have never been really hungry. Vera Nazarian
Stay hungry. Stay foolish. Never let go of your appetite to go after new ideas, new experiences, and new adventures. Steve Jobs
If you want to eat when you're not hungry, you're hungry for something else. Geneen Roth
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things. Horace
Living on hope is like being hungry all the time. Faith Sullivan
If you're hungry enough even poison tastes good. Billy Coffey
Being hungry is like being in love: if you don't know, you're probably not. Geneen Roth
People are not hungry just for bread, they are hungry for love. Mother Teresa
Nobody wants to kiss when they are hungry. DOROTHY DIX
You're hungry for the infinite and the infinite is hungry for you. Rob Brezsny
The hungry feeling and the lonely feeling merged until it was hard to tell them apart. Rob Sheffield
Young players are more hungry because they have not achieved what some of the older players have. Caroline Wozniacki
We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art. Salvador Dali
People are hungry because they're eating empty foods. Mine are full, and so am i. Ricky Williams
People don't speak of hunger when they know what it is to be hungry. Vicki Baum
If my children were hungry I should think I would steal to feed them. Ian Smith
Wait until you are hungry to say something, until there is an aching in you to speak. Natalie Goldberg
It was not that she expected anything expensive; it was that he needed to give her something as much as he needed to eat when he was hungry. Katherine Paterson
People are hungry for stories of faith. People are hungry for hope. Roma Downey
In all of nature, there is no sound more pleasing than that of a hungry animal at its feed. Unless you are the food. Edward Abbey
Humans are the only hunters who kill when not hungry Steven Spielberg
Children are the most learning-hungry beings in the world. Ashley Montagu
As long as one human being is hungry, the entire human race is hungry. R Buckminster Fuller
Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations. Arnold Schwarzenegger
If I were hungry and friendless today, I would rather take my chances with a saloon-keeper than with the average preacher. Eugene V. Debs
Eat every meal as if it's your last; when the last one comes, you probably won't be very hungry. Nora Ephron
A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one. William Congreve
When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean. Linji Yixuan