Average Quote by Abhijit Banerjee

My father grew up quite poor actually in a small farming village in South India. His grandfather was a farmer, his father was a…

— Vivek Murthy

Growing up, I wouldn't say I was poor. But my parents, although we lived in a nice, middle-class home, they had their struggles.

— Jay IDK

I have seen poverty first hand. My parents were not well-off. They were in Ban'gladesh and I - just a child then - was…

— Roopa Ganguly

My parents both came from very poor working-class families.

— George Michael

My family were really poor.

— Joe Gilgun

I grew up in a very large, poor family.

— Florence Henderson

My family was very poor. Strangely, though, my father was an enigma in that he was always working. He was not a ne'er-do-well. He…

— Rodney Crowell

I come from an educated family, but we were poor.

— Wunmi Mosaku

My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way…

— Jennifer Garner

I was from this small town, and my parents were poor.

— Tina Knowles

I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids.

— Chely Wright

My parents both came from working-class backgrounds, my father particularly. He came from a very poor family, 12 of them lived in a little…

— Roger Allam