Homeless Quotes · Page 6

People don't realize how many of the homeless are single moms, and a lot of veterans, and people with mental illness.

— Joe Maddon

Seven out of 10 Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless.

— Pras Michel

Shortly after my first daughter was born in 2007, we had to move into a homeless shelter.

— Stephanie Land

Homeless people give the best advice, everything they say always makes a lot of cents.

— Nikhil Saluja

If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I'd still say no.

— Bo Burnham

I was born and raised in the ghetto, on welfare, two minutes from homeless.

— will.i.am

I'm not telling anyone, 'Quit your job and be homeless to go for your dream.'

— Hill Harper

I was basically a rebel without a cause. And I got kicked out by my parents and ended up homeless.

— Bez

Homeless people's dogs are more knowledgeable than dogs in Beverly Hills. Why? Because they explore, they move forward, they go through the…

— Cesar Millan

My mum literally drives into Skid Row every day and manages teams that are assembled to walk around and engage with usually…

— Cameron Boyce

I'm still working, I've got two arms, two legs, two gorgeous kids, a lovely wife. Fifteen years ago, I was homeless. So…

— Ian Hart

I spent a lot of time at the New York Public Library, the main branch. I was one of those people. If…

— Lisa Yuskavage

You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football…

— Jello Biafra

I would hang out with my friends, and they would make me sing in exchange for food. I'd tag along just so…

— Arnel Pineda

Whenever I see a homeless guy, I always run back and give him money, because I think, 'Oh my God, what if…

— Pamela Anderson

I understand some San Diegans may fear homeless programs and affordable housing coming to their community. But we can't let fear control…

— Kevin Faulconer

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the…

— Thomas Jefferson

“I found out everybody’s different – the same kind of different as me. We’re all just regular folks walkin down the road…

— Denver Moore

I learned so much about myself from reading this script and doing this movie [Shelter] because the level of judgment and the…

— Paul Bettany

Investing intelligently in those of us who are marginalised means fewer people in jail, fewer homeless, fewer unemployed, fewer of us who…

— Simon McKeon

“If Stuart is a freak... it is because he has had the superhuman strength not to be defeated by this isolation. It…

— Alexander Masters

“Another [change] affects Chip and Joanna Gaines. This couple, who had reached unfathomable heights of popularity with their ‘Fixer Upper’ TV program…

— Steve Bates

I really made the cartoon Life with Louie with one reason in mind: I didn't have a very good relationship with my…

— Louie Anderson

One of the things is that I've been very comfortable in every situation starting ministry in the inner city and ministering in…

— Paula White

“An old homeless man confronts me quietly with his beard, his missing teeth, and his poverty.”

— Marcus Zusak

“It’s a full-time job being homeless. It’s a full-time job being poor.”

— John Connolly

I cry about homeless people, people getting hurt, animals being mistreated...

— Anonymous

“The idea of having faith in anything to a homeless teenager is just asinine.”

— J.L. Mac

Too many veterans are poor or near poor and homeless because of it.

— Chris Gardner

“I’ve often thought that being a light-skinned black woman is like being a well-dressed person who is also homeless.”

— Zinzi Clemmons

“If I see a homeless person begging for change, I might give them money, if they’ve got change for a nickel.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first.”

— Shannon L. Alder

I have a huge need for financial security; the emigrant in me has a fear of ending up homeless and in the…

— Ruth Behar

My mom always told me be nice to a homeless person beacuse they could be an angel.

— Autumn Kohler

I just feel like I influence people because I'm like - I was practically homeless.

— Cardi B

Shelter Network's programs and services are a rainbow in the clouds for homeless children and adults.

— Maya Angelou

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable.

— Ben Okri

How do homeless people always seem to get the shopping cart that has all four good wheels?

— Anonymous

I mean, you can forget about George Bush or Jerry Falwell. You can't forget about a homeless kid.

— Alexandra C. Pelosi

People give me money and I don't know why, my real collection plate is an empty cup held by a homeless guy.

— Bo Burnham