Poor Quotes

This erosion of the middle class is happening all over the place. The opening of a wider gap between rich and poor is always accompanied by such a process.

The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.

It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.

Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.

But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.

I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.

Whenever I read stories of people doing huge pranks on set, all I think is, 'These people have too much time on their hands.' Besides, I don't want to make some poor assistant clean up someone's trailer after I've filled it with, say, Cadbury eggs. See? I can't even think of a good prank.

The reason why I buy into the Democratic Party more than the Republican Party is because there are over 2,000 verses of Scripture that deal with responding to the needs of the poor.

Poor Andy Nave was killed. He refused to surrender and was shot by Dick Fields. I felt sorry as he used to be quite friendly towards me before the war, but it could not be helped.

More negatives write than call. It's a cheap shot for me to go on the air with the critical letters or E-mail I get because the reaction of the listeners is always an instantaneous expression of sympathy for me and contempt for the poor critic.

For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and poor health, as well as other problems, giving them an extra pound - say through increased benefits - will not address the reason they find themselves in difficulty in the first place.

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

The poor child was the drudge of the household, and was always in the wrong. He was, however, the most bright and discreet of all the brothers; and if he spoke little, he heard and thought the more.

We are prophetic interrogators. Why are so many people hungry? Why are so many people and families in our shelters? Why do we have one of six of our children poor, and one of three of these are children of color? 'Why?' is the prophetic question.

In my opinion, the Republican Party is the last on the list to care about the needs of old people and children and poor people.

At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted.

Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure, naive, poor children. The rich kids called us a lot of names but it never bothered us because we didn't know what the words meant.

To pay out millions upon millions of dollars in bonuses for incomplete work, poor performance, and unacceptable products is the height of government waste and mismanagement.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

The burden of disease falls on the poor.

Because in Russia you were able to triumph with the help of a large class of poor peasants, you represent things in such a way, as if we in Western Europe are also going to have that help.