--- title: "12 Pawn Shop Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 12 Pawn Shop quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Pawn Shop sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d82/rick-harrison-6309_being_i-ve-worked-with-and-talked-to-poor-peop_2464649.jpg" --- > [I've worked with and talked to poor people my entire life, being in the pawn shop business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-harrison/i-ve-worked-with-and-talked-to-poor-people-my-entire-life-being-in/) [Rick Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d82/rick-harrison-6309_being_i-ve-worked-with-and-talked-to-poor-peop_2464649.jpg) > [You might be a redneck if your primary source of income is the pawn shop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-foxworthy/you-might-be-a-redneck-if-your-primary-source-of-income-is-the-pawn/) [Jeff Foxworthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-foxworthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/jeff-foxworthy-939_ifs_you-might-be-a-redneck-if-your-primary-s_1964072.jpg) > [Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawn shop?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-wright/can-you-buy-an-entire-chess-set-in-a-pawn-shop/) [Steven Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/steven-wright-432_chess_can-you-buy-an-entire-chess-set-in-a-paw_2923230.jpg) > [When the Academy called, I panicked. I thought they might want their Oscars back and the pawn shop has been out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woody-allen/when-the-academy-called-i-panicked-i-thought-they-might-want-their/) [Woody Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woody-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/woody-allen-176_academy_when-the-academy-called-i-panicked-i-tho_1632969.jpg) > [“To a blind man, pawn shop and porn shop are one. To an unintelligent man, oversleeping and sleeping over are opposites.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/to-a-blind-man-pawn-shop-and-porn-shop-are-one-to-an-unintelligent/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_blind_to-a-blind-man-pawn-shop-and-porn-shop-a_1257030.jpg) > [“My soul is like a pawn shop. I mean it's filled with unredeemed pleasures, old clarinets, and cameras, and motheaten fur.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-bellow/my-soul-is-like-a-pawn-shop-i-mean-it-s-filled-with-unredeemed/) [Saul Bellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-bellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ac/saul-bellow-558_soul_my-soul-is-like-a-pawn-shop-i-mean-it-s_3040851.png) > [I wake up at 5:30 in the morning, get to the Pawn Shop at six, work out for two hours, film until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-harrison/i-wake-up-at-5-30-in-the-morning-get-to-the-pawn-shop-at-six-work-out/) [Corey Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/531/corey-harrison-18955_film_i-wake-up-at-5-30-in-the-morning-get-to_892354.jpg) > [Five or 10 years from now, people are going to be sitting around going, 'Wasn't there a show about four fat guys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-harrison/five-or-10-years-from-now-people-are-going-to-be-sitting-around-going/) [Rick Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/rick-harrison-6309_fat_five-or-10-years-from-now-people-are-goi_1471809.jpg) > [It's funny because from the time I was a kid, I knew what I was going to do. What's even funnier is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-harrison/it-s-funny-because-from-the-time-i-was-a-kid-i-knew-what-i-was-going/) [Corey Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da4/corey-harrison-18955_dad_it-s-funny-because-from-the-time-i-was-a_908252.jpg) > [The weird thing about the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop is that people come on vacation, and they bring stuff here to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-harrison/the-weird-thing-about-the-gold-silver-pawn-shop-is-that-people-come/) [Rick Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4c/rick-harrison-6309_come_the-weird-thing-about-the-gold-silver-pa_2417199.jpg) > [Once, an unkempt, elderly woman came into the pawn shop. She appeared homeless, and she insisted on seeing every piece of expensive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-harrison/once-an-unkempt-elderly-woman-came-into-the-pawn-shop-she-appeared/) [Rick Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/rick-harrison-6309_homeless_once-an-unkempt-elderly-woman-came-into_665639.jpg) > [“Then there was The House of Future Needs, an old pawn shop that engaged in the sale of utterly useless trinkets. Except,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-blackwick/then-there-was-the-house-of-future-needs-an-old-pawn-shop-that/) [Louise Blackwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-blackwick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f7/louise-blackwick-31763_determinism_then-there-was-the-house-of-future-needs_492428.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pawn-shop/#itemlist", "name": "Pawn Shop Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've worked with and talked to poor people my entire life, being in the pawn shop business.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rick Harrison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-harrison/i-ve-worked-with-and-talked-to-poor-people-my-entire-life-being-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d82/rick-harrison-6309_being_i-ve-worked-with-and-talked-to-poor-peop_2464649.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d82/rick-harrison-6309_being_i-ve-worked-with-and-talked-to-poor-peop_2464649.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d82/rick-harrison-6309_being_i-ve-worked-with-and-talked-to-poor-peop_2464649.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've worked with and talked to poor people my entire life, being in the pawn shop business.” — Rick Harrison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You might be a redneck if your primary source of income is the pawn shop.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeff Foxworthy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-foxworthy/you-might-be-a-redneck-if-your-primary-source-of-income-is-the-pawn/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/jeff-foxworthy-939_ifs_you-might-be-a-redneck-if-your-primary-s_1964072.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/jeff-foxworthy-939_ifs_you-might-be-a-redneck-if-your-primary-s_1964072.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/jeff-foxworthy-939_ifs_you-might-be-a-redneck-if-your-primary-s_1964072.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You might be a redneck if your primary source of income is the pawn shop.” — Jeff Foxworthy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawn shop?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Wright" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-wright/can-you-buy-an-entire-chess-set-in-a-pawn-shop/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/steven-wright-432_chess_can-you-buy-an-entire-chess-set-in-a-paw_2923230.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/steven-wright-432_chess_can-you-buy-an-entire-chess-set-in-a-paw_2923230.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/steven-wright-432_chess_can-you-buy-an-entire-chess-set-in-a-paw_2923230.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawn shop?” — Steven Wright", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When the Academy called, I panicked. 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