Famous quotes containing the words peasant and/or poor:
“A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and and not by a but.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)
“And you poor creatures—who conjured you out of the clay? Is God in show business, too?”
—John Boorman (b. 1933)