I wouldn't say we were middle class. There was not lots of money for nice things. But we never wanted for the… — Philippe Coutinho Copy Share Image
While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
While the middle class is bled dry to meet various the expenditure of a bloated government machinery, every revenue collection agency is… — Sucheta Dalal Copy Share Image
The controversies between the proletariat and the middle class had to be smoothed out and bridged over by each getting to know… — Fritz Sauckel Copy Share Image
I think it may be even a bigger story than the internet. You know, it's like saying, 'how big a deal is… — James Packer Copy Share Image
“I come from a whole goddam family of inventors," said Will. "We had ideas for breakfast. We had ideas instead of breakfast.… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black middle class and the increasing numbers of… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place… — Imtiaz Ali Copy Share Image
We are seeing a working-class, a middle class, which over the last three decades has seen their wages and income stagnate, while… — Katrina vanden Heuvel Copy Share Image
I'm very, very concerned ultimately, as Medicaid costs increase in my state and most states, it's going to reduce funding for state… — Dave Heineman Copy Share Image
“In fact, a lot of life is hopeless today, even for middle-class kids. I mean, for the first time in I think… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Americans are falling out of the middle class, not into it. And they deserve relief. I absolute support extending the Bush tax… — Paul Tonko Copy Share Image
In a process that had begun in the 1980s and suddenly accelerated in the early 2000s ... [t]he peaks of great wealth… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“There!" she said, as she spread the tablecloth and put the sandwiches in a neat pile upon it. "Don't they look tempting?… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
There were a number of reasons I decided to join the New York City Police Department back in 1984. I felt a… — Eric Adams Copy Share Image
What we have seen for a very long time is large corporations shutting down plants in this country, plants that are often… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I led a comfortable life, went to good schools and was privileged in many ways, but my father worked hard. We never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I understood that these trade agreements were going to destroy the middle class of this country. I led the fight against us.… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Canada was settled, in the main, by people with a lower middle-class outlook, and a respect, rather than an affectionate familiarity, for… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
The anger from Occupy Wall Street is coming from this simple fact: America no longer seems to be a place where you… — Meghan McCain Copy Share Image
If you really look, it's not a tax - it's really not a great thing for the wealthy. It's a great thing… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
He had a carrying, congressional sort of voice, the kind that sounded good saying things like Less of a tax burden on… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
It's very difficult for the middle class in America to keep up because of the inflationary pressure and the devaluation of the… — Steve Wynn Copy Share Image
“I noticed, rich people never toss away their pennies in their driveways, middle-class always chuck them there, and stray dogs lick up… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
I do think that there is both a very powerful sense of entitlement and a kind of bubble of wealth which makes… — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
My parents found good paying jobs, educated me and my brother in wonderful public schools, and entered the middle class. — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
Here are the facts: my folks grew up so poor that, in the words of Redd Foxx, there were twenty o's between… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
When my father was a young actor, it is absolutely true that the vast majority were fairly middle class. Then all of… — Jack Davenport Copy Share Image
I often ask people in the audience what their favourite cheese is. Anything less than Gruyere and they're just not middle class! — Joe Lycett Copy Share Image
Betty Sutton and I will make it a point to put state government back on the side of the middle class, not… — Richard Cordray Copy Share Image
Rather than address the priorities of the middle class, the Ryan budget is an attack on American seniors, students, workers, and families… — Albio Sires Copy Share Image
These awful middle-class queens - which is what the gay movement has become - are so tiresome. It's all Abercrombie & Fitch… — Rupert Everett Copy Share Image
I was very much an only child who was raised by the television and movies, and I grew up in New York.… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
The difference between Justin Trudeau and myself is I have had real world experience. I haven't just read books on the middle… — Andrew Scheer Copy Share Image
There are some templates that are in place for bipartisan investment in ways to make our economy stronger and ways to lift… — Bob Casey, Jr Copy Share Image
My father was the youngest of six brothers, and he was the brains. I never thought he was making what he should… — Alan C. Greenberg Copy Share Image
Why the Tories are happy to subsidise home ownership for middle class graduates and affluent social tenants, but not for widows on… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
As the middle class is predated upon with an ever greater malicious intensity, their children stand to lose more and harder than… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Marriage equality is a very middle-class issue and voting rights is a very working-class issue. If you do not vote, who are… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
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