Marcus Samuelsson Quotes

Food insecurity is not remotely the same as hunger.

Food is such a basic need, and it is unfathomable to me that people still do not have adequate access.

We take food for granted, but it isn't a luxury for many people.

The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children.

It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available.

One in six people in the U.S. at some point each year don't know where their next meal will come from.

We don't need to cure hunger - we know how to solve hunger - it's food, it's nutrition, and it's really a question of access.

The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies.

I wish anyone in this world could go to his fridge and pick whatever he wants. Because the day you open your fridge and there is nothing in it, it is difficult.

One in four kids in the U.S. faces hunger.

We talk about, you know, diet and that we shouldn't give our kids big things and obesity and fast food. Well, you know there are people who don't have that problem because they're not getting any food! We have so many deep problems and issues facing humanity.

In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.

The issue I have always felt most strongly about is hunger in America, in particular the children.

Many Americans are unaware that we still have a large population of working families, elderly, and children who rely on emergency food pantries, shelters, and other resources to meet their nutritional needs.

Hunger is the most influential disease.

The fact is, even one Maine kid going hungry is one kid too many.

Nobody in this country, the richest on Earth, should ever go hungry.

In America no one should go hungry.

I hate it when people throw away food - I've seen too many hungry people.

One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America.

In Arkansas alone, approximately three quarters of a million people are at risk of going hungry, and one in four children does not get enough to eat, so my goal is to bring awareness to this tragic issue.

I know what it's like not to have food in the fridge or money to buy more.

I believe that one of the saddest things in the world today is that some people don't have enough food to nourish themselves. It's the 21st century and that's really not acceptable, so if I could do something that would change that I would be really happy.

When you're providing emergency aid, you're fighting hunger; you're filling stomachs.

As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.