A Quote by Joseph Murray

Service to society is the rent we pay for living on this planet.

Joseph Murray

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Joseph Murray
American - Scientist
April 1, 1919 - November 26, 2012

I've always believed that service to others is rent we pay for our time on this planet.

Tony Curtis

Service is the rent we pay for living.

Marian Wright Edelman

Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.

Alice Walker

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

Nathan Eldon Tanner

And the passiveness, you know, the apathy, well, that's not responsible citizenship. When I'm asked, why am I an activist, I say, well that's the rent that I pay for living on this planet, okay?

Ray McGovern

If service is the rent you pay for your existence on this earth, are you behind in your rent?

Robert G. Allen

Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.

Shirley Chisholm

People who can least afford to pay rent, pay rent. People who can most afford to pay rent, build up equity.

Arthur Bloch

The thing I've learned most about poverty is how expensive it is to be poor. It's super easy to pay rent every month if you earn enough to pay rent and have a decent job. It's super hard to pay rent if you need a coupon from the state and then need to go find an apartment that will accept that coupon and only that coupon.

Nick Hanauer

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

Muhammad Ali

Freedom has only the meaning with which men endow it. It is not enough to pay lip service to the concept of religious liberty. We must pay heart service to it as well, else it remains an empty phrase instead of a living reality.