I was born with an extremely negative attitude. I was the kid who wouldn't smile in Christmas photos, was a poor sport,… — Colton Haynes Copy Share Image
I grew up poor. The fact that I had to struggle to succeed, that wasn't a big deal to me. I'd struggled… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I had absolutely no focus as a kid. I never paid attention at school, I never went to college. Not because we… — William Friedkin Copy Share Image
There are many pages in the book, many kinds of lives we each can live, many ways to be rich, and even… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
Virtue is the daughter of Religion; Repentance, her adopted child,--a poor orphan who, without the asylum which she offers, would not know… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
I come from a world where the word 'trauma' doesn't exist, because we are too poor. I didn't have an easy life… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Just begin a story with such a phrase as 'I remember Disraeli - poor old Dizz! - once saying to me, in… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
No longer enslaved or made dependent by force of law, the great majority are so by force of property; they are still… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The Latin American Left, the criollos, direct descendents of Spaniards, they don't want to accept that they are the whites of Latin… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
But amid much elegance and precision, the details of life and the Universe also exhibit haphazard, jury-rigged arrangements and much poor planning.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Try to be "good", you'll be judged. Try to be yourself, you'll be criticized. Therefore, choose the second option. Evil uses the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries show that the birth rate falls as women gain equality... I believe income-earning… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
“A poor man is not disposed to quick and high resentment when he is among the rich: he is apt to yield… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Small loans can transform lives, especially the lives of women and children. The poor can become empowered instead of disenfranchised. Homes can… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
In medieval times the habit arose of expressing a man's wealth, no longer in terms of the amount of land in his… — Waverley Root Copy Share Image
If President Obama wants to keep calling for protests, then that will be his legacy, one of division, rich versus poor, old… — Sean Hannity Copy Share Image
Experience shows that the reliance on illegal, immoral, and inhumane interrogation techniques is universally a very poor choice. — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
Give and you shall receive, much more that you ever thought possible. Give and give again. People who give will never be… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
To have come on all this new world of writing, with time to read in a city like Paris where there was… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Since, by your greatness, you Are nearer heaven in place; be nearer it In goodness: rich men should transcend the poor, As… — Cyril Tourneur Copy Share Image
Illness is the great equalizer. It doesn't matter who you are, rich or poor, young or old, fat or thin, sick is… — Fran Drescher Copy Share Image
“...the road, rail, and port systems are so bad that poor countries cannot develop the scale of operations necessary to achieve high… — William W. Lewis Copy Share Image
A dog gets lonesome just like a human. He wants to associate with other dogs, but when they take him out, the… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
Self-negation is noble, self-culture beneficent, self-possession is manly, but to the truly great and inspiring soul they are poor and tame compared… — Pope Julius II Copy Share Image
It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor; It's outrageous, the crimes some human beings must endure... — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
[Giving welfare to poor people] is the equivalent of the government sending [fat people] a jumbo bag of Bugles in the mail… — Adam Carolla Copy Share Image
“Here is what we seek: a compassion that can stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than stand… — Gregory Boyle Copy Share Image
From the earliest colonial days [in America], local governments took responsibility for their poor. However, able-bodied men and women generally were not… — Thomas G. West Copy Share Image
“This is the basis for the most important critique of microfinance. The poor are not entrepreneurs. The idea that more than a… — Ian Smillie Copy Share Image
One of the principles we teach in our programs is "If you shoot for the stars, you'll at least hit the moon."… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
“Believe me I do understand and I am disgusted by the idea that we should aim for any less for a child… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected,… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
Epitaphs are cheap, and they do a poor chap a world of good after he is dead, especially if he had hard… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When he asked my grandmother if she would mind being poor, she said she would be happy just to have her daughter… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
I feel very rich when I have time to write and very poor when I get a regular paycheck and no time… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
The returns from investing in poor people are just as great as the returns from investing in the business world... and have… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It is very much easier for a rich man to invest and grow richer than for the poor man to begin investing… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share Image
There should be more booing in shops and restaurants and places like that when when the service is bad. If you've had… — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
I come from a very poor family, with sisters. I never really knew my father, so I miss this strong image of… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image