Welcome to our collection of hungry quotes, where we delve into the various facets of hunger, both literal and metaphorical. Hunger is a primal sensation, an essential part of the human experience that extends far beyond the physical need for sustenance. It encompasses desires, aspirations, and the relentless pursuit of fulfillment. From the growl of an empty stomach to the yearning for success or love, hunger permeates every aspect of our lives, serving as a driving force behind our actions and ambitions.
In this curated compilation, we explore the diverse manifestations of hunger through the words of poets, philosophers, and thinkers from across the ages. Their insights shed light on the complexities of human nature, inviting us to contemplate the depths of our desires and the relentless pursuit of our dreams. Whether you seek inspiration, introspection, or simply a moment of resonance, these hungry quotes offer a glimpse into the profound and universal experience of longing and striving. Discover the power of hunger in its myriad forms as we embark on a journey through the words of those who have grappled with its significance throughout history. Now, without further ado, delve into the depths of hunger with the quotes awaiting you below.
Why is it that if you take advantage of a corporate tax break you’re a smart businessman, but if you take advantage of something so you don’t go hungry, you’re a moocher? Jon Stewart
It is not up to me whether I win or lose. Ultimately, this might not be my day. And it is that philosophy towards sports, something that I really truly live by. I am emotional. I want to win. I am hungry. I am a competitor. I have that fire. But deep down, I truly enjoy the art of competing so much more than the result. Apolo Ohno
For an actor, it’s great fun to play one of these hungry white sharks. Audiences love to hate them. Michael Douglas
It has long been known for sure that the sight of tasty food makes a hungry man’s mouth water; also lack of appetite has always been regarded as an undesirable phenomenon, from which one might conclude that appetite is essentially linked with the process of digestion. Ivan Pavlov
When I was seven or eight years old, I began to read the science-fiction magazines that were brought by guests into my grandparents’ boarding house in Waukegan, Illinois. Those were the years when Hugo Gernsback was publishing ‘Amazing Stories,’ with vivid, appallingly imaginative cover paintings that fed my hungry imagination. Ray Bradbury
Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry. Hedy Lamarr
I’m hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. That’s what this world is about. You look at someone like Gandhi, and he glowed. Martin Luther King glowed. Muhammad Ali glows. I think that’s from being bright all the time, and trying to be brighter. Jay-Z
If we are hungry enough for God, we will find a way into His presence. We should be so hungry for the presence of God that we absolutely will not go out of our house or tackle any kind of project until we have spent some time with Him. Joyce Meyer
Some people are money hungry and don’t stop to think of who they’re affecting and what really matters. There’s a lot of ugly. Sasha Lane
Readers are hungry to have their stories in the world, to see mirrors of themselves if the stories are about people like them, and to have windows if the stories are about people who have been historically absent in literature. Jacqueline Woodson
You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six. Yogi Berra
For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer. Arnold Schwarzenegger
The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes. Lao Tzu
In a state of poverty, illiteracy, people just remain exposed to all kinds of manipulation. That’s what we have lived. It’s easier to tell a poor person, ‘You know what, you are poor, you’re hungry because the other one has taken away your rights.’ Paul Kagame
When I’m hungry, I eat. When I’m thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it. Madonna Ciccone
Students come to school hungry, and that affects how they study and read and prepare. Maverick Carter
I get grumpy if I am tired, stressed or hungry. Joanna Page
I’ll never, ever be full. I’ll always be hungry. Obviously, I’m not talking about food. Growing up, I had nothing for such a long time. Someone told me a long time ago, and I’ve never forgotten it, ‘Once you’ve ever been hungry, really, really hungry, then you’ll never, ever be full.’ Dwayne Johnson
When the Nobel Peace Prize Committee designated me the recipient of the 1970 award for my contribution to the ‘green revolution,’ they were in effect, I believe, selecting an individual to symbolize the vital role of agriculture and food production in a world that is hungry, both for bread and for peace. Norman Borlaug
She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright and tender with a smile as they glanced up into his; and her lips looked hungry for the kiss which they invited. Kate Chopin
We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty. Mother Teresa
It’s really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you’re going to get it to these people. Bob Geldof
The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you’re hungry again. George Miller
Even though I get older, what I do never gets old, and that’s what I think keeps me hungry. Steven Spielberg
Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance. Jonathan Swift
We are not hungry… Why foist this food upon us? We don’t want to be choked. We have enough. Robert Mugabe
There’s nothing you can really do to prepare to rock. Do you prepare to eat a delicious meal? Are you hungry? Then you’re gonna eat it. Jack Black
The Lord only knows how many times I let my children go hungry rather than take secretly the bread I liked not to ask for. Sojourner Truth
Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they’re scraping the top of the barrel. Gore Vidal
Hungry people are always looking for more. More things to do. More to learn. More responsibility to take on. Patrick Lencioni
Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. Richard Whately
You cannot feed the hungry on statistics. Heinrich Heine
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
I am constantly hungry for growth and that’s what drives me. Success or failure of a project doesn’t drive me. Angad Bedi
We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy. Mary Oliver
Rice is great if you’re really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something. Mitch Hedberg
It’s cool for me because I’m a director, but I’m also a teacher. I’m a lover of cinema, and I love working with people who are hungry and have the energy to really do better work. John Singleton
Lenin had just reflected that the revolution would never happen in his lifetime when in February 1917, hungry crowds in Petrograd overthrew Nicholas II while the revolutionaries were abroad, exiled, or infiltrated by the secret police. Simon Sebag Montefiore
Nobody wants to kiss when they are hungry. Dorothy Dix
I get very angry when I’m hungry and there isn’t time for lunch. Jessie James Decker
I graduated from high school at 165 pounds, so twice a year, I get back to that number – I never let it get to 172-73. Then I go back to doubling the cardio. This week, I’m on a complete liquid diet, a juice fast. It keeps me lean and hungry. Don Felder
I’ve accomplished more than I ever dreamed. But I’m hungry for more. Lewis Hamilton
I’ll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road. Dolly Parton
Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make, hungry to absorb other flavours, and hugely versatile. Yotam Ottolenghi
The struggle between God and man breaks out in everyone, together with the longing for reconciliation… God does not love weak souls and flabby flesh. The spirit desires to wrestle with flesh which is strong and full of resistance. It is a carnivorous bird which is incessantly hungry; it eats flesh and, by assimilating it, makes it disappear. Nikos Kazantzakis
Pandering to the scandal hungry public is a total lack of responsible journalism. Dick Van Dyke
As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge. Chaim Potok
A hungry dog hunts best. Lee Trevino
I’m a savage. I’m hungry. I’m a beast. Trina
I am ambitious and hungry to succeed. Alvaro Morata
It’s ‘The Hunger Games.’ My character needs to look hungry. A little bit. Liam Hemsworth
I love food, so having a lot of food allergies now and just having a really sensitive body, it forces me to be very mindful and conscious and eat when I’m hungry, not just when I’m bored, and just really slow down. Everything in moderation. SZA
The kind of people that all teams need are people who are humble, hungry, and smart: humble being little ego, focusing more on their teammates than on themselves. Hungry, meaning they have a strong work ethic, are determined to get things done, and contribute any way they can. Smart, meaning not intellectually smart but inner personally smart. Patrick Lencioni
No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses. Vladimir Lenin
I’ve known what it is to be hungry, but I always went right to a restaurant. Ring Lardner
I’m not picky. When I’m hungry, I eat. Sidney Crosby
You don’t decide to paint. It’s like getting hungry and going to the kitchen to eat. It’s a need, not a choice. Leonora Carrington
A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one. William Congreve
Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody… as a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child should ever be hurt, or abused, or go hungry, or not have opportunities in life. Annie Lennox
I’ve won many awards and I want more. If you want to call it hunger then I’m hungry for awards. Shah Rukh Khan
We were poor, but we didn’t know it. There were no government bureaus in those days presuming to determine where poorness begins and ends, but I don’t remember ever being hungry. Paul Harvey
Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. Bertolt Brecht
I always have a funny story at communion time that underscores that no one is perfect, and that communion is not for perfect people but for hungry people. Greg Boyle
I was hungry a coupla’ times but for the most part I ate every day… I got to go to school for free. Coolio
The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine. Alexander Pope
Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own. Mother Teresa
You entertain people who are satisfied. Hungry people can’t be entertained – or people who are afraid. You can’t entertain a man who has no food. Bob Marley
The appeal all too often is to the gallery, hungry for sensation. Otto Hermann Kahn
Living in your car, being broke, being homeless, being hungry – I’ve seen grueling. Jimmie Allen
I’m always asked, ‘What’s the secret to success?’ But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room. Dwayne Johnson
It has been well said that a hungry man is more interested in four sandwiches than four freedoms. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
I cannot possibly believe that I have it made while so many black brothers and sisters are hungry, inadequately housed, insufficiently clothed, denied their dignity as they live in slums or barely exist on welfare. Jackie Robinson
We’re all caught up in circumstances, and we’re all good and evil. When you’re really hungry, for instance, you’ll do anything to survive. I think the most evil thing – well, maybe that’s too strong – but certainly a very evil thing is judgment, the sin of ignorance. Anthony Hopkins
You can’t trust a promise someone makes while they’re drunk, in love, hungry, or running for office. Joe Moore
The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but lest, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it is not hungry. Simone Weil
I’m usually sick after a fight. But then the brain swelling goes down, and I’m just hungry as hell. Bob Sapp
I’m hungry. I’m ready to grow. Post Malone
Great things come out of being hungry and cold. Once you’re pampered, you get lazy. Rob Zombie
A lion runs the fastest when he is hungry. Salman Khan
A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog. Jack London
A lion’s work hours are only when he’s hungry; once he’s satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together. Chuck Jones
People are hungry for the truth and they’re constantly being gaslit by the corporate media. Let’s remember what the corporate media is there to do. They’re there to manufacture consent. And consent for who? Consent for the billionaire establishment class that run everything. Jimmy Dore
One of my favourite scenes ever is in Mr India – when the kids are hungry and Sridevi comes with the pastries etc, and they become friends. It’s impossible not to get teary-eyed. Farah Khan
Spaghetti… I can’t eat spaghetti, there’s too many of them. No matter how hungry I am, 1,000 of something is too many. I’ll have 1,000 pieces of noodles. Mitch Hedberg
Species co-evolve with the other species they eat, and very often, a relationship of interdependence develops: I’ll feed you if you spread around my genes. A gradual process of mutual adaptation transforms something like an apple or a squash into a nutritious and tasty food for a hungry animal. Michael Pollan
What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken? Sitting Bull
Topsoil is a place of digestion. It sucks and chews things into smaller pieces. When it’s hungry, it turns grey and stony; when it’s thirsty, it opens thousands of cracked lips. Subsoil is more skeletal: it doesn’t digest. Alice Oswald
I like aiming for the producers who are hungry. I don’t chase the wave. Lil Durk
Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humility halts this arrogance and self-indulging trap. Humble people share the credit and wealth, remaining focused and hungry to continue the journey of success. Rick Pitino
This is the artist, then, life’s hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty’s miser, glory’s slave. Tom Wolfe
I think people should read fairy tales, because we’re hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears. Sandra Cisneros
I’m hungry for VMAs and Grammys. That’s my main goal. Tyler, The Creator
As a young man, I lived through the Great Depression, when banks failed and so many lost their jobs and homes and went hungry. I was fortunate to have a job at a canning factory that paid 25 cents an hour. James E. Faust
They say people live to be happy. If you actually think about what happiness is, it’s nothing much. When you get to eat ramen after feeling really, really hungry, that’s happiness. RM
Mellow doesn’t describe me. I’m hungry every day. Alan Rickman
A hungry dog hunts best. A hungrier dog hunts even better. Norman Ralph Augustine
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made. Franklin D. Roosevelt
I think about food all the time. It’s my passion; it’s my profession. But some people think about food all the time because they’re hungry. We can put an end to this if we join forces and lend a hand. Cat Cora
The Hebrew Bible contains multiple provisions to ensure that no one would go hungry. The corners of the field, forgotten sheaves of grain, gleanings that drop from the hands of the gleaner, and small clusters of grapes left on the vine were to be given to the poor. Jonathan Sacks
Stay hungry, stay foolish. Steve Jobs