Homelessness Quotes

Homelessness is an issue close to my heart.

— Tyra Banks

“Here comes the train; there goes the pain!”

— Donald O'Donovan

“Homelessness begins before you leave home.”

— Reuben Berger

“Homelessness is a nationality now.”

— Margaret Atwood

Homelessness has become a human rights crisis.

— Michael Shellenberger

“The enemy never sleeps!”

— Donald O'Donovan

“Having a job is like having a lobotomy.”

— Donald O'Donovan

I think the homeless need homeyness.

— Colynx Mckobby Akwetey Jnr

Homelessness is a really important topic, and the business climate is also important.

— Kevin Faulconer

Of course homelessness has many causes and the solutions are often frustratingly complex.

— Grant Shapps

Loneliness is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.

— Paulo Coelho

It's almost impossible to get the outside world to take any notice of homelessness at all.

— Grant Shapps

Homelessness is a challenge we face as a nation - but it is a solvable one.

— Neera Tanden

“Dear God, please make me believe that life has some sort of meaning and purpose.”

— Donald O'Donovan

“One who lives out of the box must learn to master the art of homelessness.”

— Curtis Tyrone Jones

When homeless people go camping, how do they know?

— Dana Gould

There are five issues that make a fist of a hand that can knock America out cold. They're lack of jobs, obesity,…

— will.i.am

In San Francisco, we have long faced serious challenges in managing the crisis of homelessness on our streets.

— London Breed

If there is a moment when it is possible to intervene in the chaotic life of a homeless person, it is when…

— Grant Shapps

Homelessness is the actor's fate; physical incapacity to attain what is most required and desired by such a spirit as I am…

— Edwin Booth

Supporting people to stay in their homes is surely a better method of reducing homelessness than acting after the fact.

— Dawn Foster

The average family earning minimum wage spends 141 percent of their income struggling to meet basic needs - food, shelter, clothing.

— Sherrod Brown

“Homelessness is a serious issue in our country. We need to work together to do more to alleviate poverty”

— David Sikhosana

We live in a world where there is so much wealth. There shouldn't be a homeless person. That's crazy.

— Raheem DeVaughn

I've said that, that I've felt like as Christians and particularly even as Republicans, we needed to address issues that touched the…

— Mike Huckabee

Over the years I’ve worked with countless women who have inspired me with their stories. Beyond makeup, we’ve talked about life-altering events.…

— Bobbi Brown

What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even…

— Ronald Reagan

We needed to take a discrete population to give people the confidence that if we can end veterans' homelessness , we can…

— John Carlos Frey

Covid-19 has lit an even hotter fire in me to become a more active participant in advocating for homeless people and homelessness…

— Myha'la

Instead of throwing money at the problem and locking individuals into a likely permanent cycle of homelessness, we should be looking for…

— Nicole Malliotakis

I want to be clear: We can address safety and livability issues head-on without criminalizing homelessness. After all, people living on our…

— Ted Wheeler

“But we can't impose our own goals, wishes, or help on anyone. We can only teach, support, and love. We give them…

— Stacey Bess

I think America the symbol and America the notion are still very different from America the nation. What's touching and almost regenerative…

— Pico Iyer

“She tried to remember all the times she had spoken to him. She replayed every moment she could remember at the beach…

— Mahita Vas

“Blobfish, the guy who snapped a hamsters neck, myself, the homeless guy who has never thrown a punch (but has killed a…

— Craig Stone

“Homeless people go to bed freezing and wake up shaking in the morning, even if they have a sleeping bag. If they…

— Karl Wiggins

“Let my silence grow with noise as pregnant mothers grow with life. Let my silence permeate these walls as sunlight permeates a…

— Kamand Kojouri

“His body had become a companion which seemed always about to leave him: it had its own pains which moved him to…

— Peter Ackroyd

“OFFICIAL ESTIMATES SAY THAT BETWEEN 1,000 AND 1,500 people sleep rough on the streets of London on any given night. Many of…

— S.J. Bolton

“You yearn to stay in this in-between place, where the beauty of the times you have freshly bade farewell to is still…

— Agnes Chew