Homelessness is like public education - something that for far too long we haven't put the resources or love or attention to. — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
Support for shelters and transitional living and housing programs is necessary if we are going to change the landscape for homeless boys… — Jewel Copy Share Image
“I’m back at Lafayette Park after a trip to the Bodhi Tree Bookstore, not to look at the books but to rub… — Donald O'Donovan Copy Share Image
Sometimes I can tackle an issue -homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty - and wrap a good story around it.… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Not everyone who's homeless is a drug-addict or in need of mental health care. Some are normal people who've been knocked down,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
LGBT youth face a much higher risk of violence and homelessness after being rejected by their family of origin. — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
“Most families are destroyed from the inside, because they allow themselves to be conquered by others from the outside.” — Carlton Young Copy Share Image
Finding gainful employment to pay for housing is hard for any veteran experiencing homelessness. It's even more difficult for veterans who've also… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
The biggest misconception about the homeless is that they got themselves in the mess - let them get themselves out. Many people… — Ron Hall Copy Share Image
Homelessness is the fundamental idea of salvation in Jainism. It means the breaking off of all earthly relations, and therefore, above all,… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
Our Government is proud to support the Provincial Metis Housing Corporation and its local partners, like Yorkton Parkland Housing, and all of… — Garry Breitkreuz Copy Share Image
“I mean, they say they've gotta change the street kids' lives. Well, that's true. But you can't take somebody from point A… — Jim Goldberg Copy Share Image
I will check the internet for at least an hour every morning scanning worldwide news to do with child abuse. So if… — Samantha Morton Copy Share Image
“Homelessness is illegal. In my city no one is homeless although there are an increasing number of criminals living on the street.… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Under the bridge, traffic above us and coats around us, hearts thudding with the steady perfection of this moment, I thought of… — Holly Cupala Copy Share Image
We have weapons of mass destruction we have to address here at home. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
“Happiness lives in every corner of your home and if you are homeless, it lives under the leaves of trees, hiding beneath… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
I wasn't going to have enough money to pay for a Good Lifestyle, which meant I'd feel ashamed, which meant I'd get… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
We think about the enormous costs of homelessness, or the enormous cost of HIV/AIDS, over the long term, as people visit emergency… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Every day on our streets there are people who are facing a combination of homelessness, mental illness, and addiction. Each of these… — London Breed Copy Share Image
Some people think you've chosen to sleep on the street. People don't choose to lose their jobs or suffer from mental health… — James Bowen Copy Share Image
The beginning point at both conferences must be that everything is a woman's issue. That means racism in a woman's issue, just… — Charlotte Bunch Copy Share Image
The goal, being bold about it, is to stop homelessness in Manchester. I've been in this community for 11 years now -… — Vincent Kompany Copy Share Image
“You can't help those who simply will not be helped. One problem that we've had, even in the best of times, is… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There can be no reasonable right to live on sidewalks. Society needs order, and hence has a right to a minimally civilized… — George Will Copy Share Image
When you're spending eight to 10 hours out there, the homeless guy is no longer homeless; it's Dave. They become people to… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
I think what it was with the war photography was the concerned eye, the desire to document these situations to show the… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
“The homeless are human beings,” he said. “Okay, so they are people with problems—some greater than others. But there is no problem… — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
If you see a homeless person on the street, and they need food, housing, medical attention - if you can give that,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
We saw people sleeping in homeless encampments in Napa Valley and Sonoma. Horrific ones in Watsonville. It's different because you're looking at… — Sanjay Rawal Copy Share Image
When we bear witness, when we become the situation - homelessness, poverty, illness, violence, death - the right action arises by itself.… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
“Join us. Play the game. It will bring you an untold number of rewards and you will finally have some direction and… — Martin Hopkins Copy Share Image
Kids have to be tough to survive on the streets of Kathmandu, where older gang members often beat and rob them. They… — Craig Kielburger Copy Share Image
Liberal child welfare experts decided that child abuse was not evidence of a moral or character flaw in the abusing parent. Instead,… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
I used to define success as being able to produce any result you wanted, whether it was a relationship, weight-loss, being a… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
“Nearby, another homeless man is standing in the middle of the sidewalk, having a full-volume conversation with nobody. I think, Am I… — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image
It would be great for everyone to grow up like I grew up, where everyone had a job. It would be nice… — Frank Stallone Copy Share Image
There are places in America that have not just protected middle-class neighborhoods but reduced homelessness. Even places like Houston have been able… — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image
“He brings the cigarette butt to his mouth and lights up. He breathes in, and coughs; a rattling helicopter with a broken… — Craig Stone Copy Share Image
