I grew up poor. I had no money. My family was poor. There's things I wanted to do and couldn't. I was… — Anna Nicole Smith Copy Share Image
Between the poor and any appreciation for modern science stands a wall made of failed schools, defunded libraries, denied opportunities, and the… — John Michael Greer Copy Share Image
The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way; those who do things in… — Wallace D. Wattles Copy Share Image
“...poor countries are poor because those who have power make choices that create poverty. They get it wrong not by mistake or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Poor people have few choices in life, and most of the time you don't think too much about it. You get the… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
As we know, the balance of the economy of the world, the proportion is crazy. People are probably looking for a balance.… — Pawel Althamer Copy Share Image
I was thinking of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and when I was thinking "Uptown Girl!" I was… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I think it is worse to be poor in mind than in purse, to be stunted and belittled in soul, made a… — Frances Power Cobbe Copy Share Image
Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There are three difficulties in authorship;-to write any thing worth the publishing-to find honest men to publish it -and to get sensible… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
[On women getting the vote:] The newspapers, poor dears, looked of course for something very spectacular. But then newspapers are always apt… — Margaret Case Harriman Copy Share Image
John Calvin's theology emphasizes the sanctity of conscience, the sanctity of companionate marriage, and the obligation of those in power to attend… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am… — Lalu Prasad Yadav Copy Share Image
Mandela didn't end Apartheid in South Africa, the poor guy was in jail for 27 years, it was the African people that… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
The premise of my whole campaign has been not that people need to believe what I say to them, but they need… — Sharron Angle Copy Share Image
My mother never criticized any idea I had. She thought anybody could have anything. Even if I was in a poor family… — Scott Raab Copy Share Image
“You can do a great many things if you're rich which would be severely criticised if you were poor. You can go… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Which, I wonder, brother reader, is the better lot, to die prosperous and famous, or poor and disappointed? To have, and to… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
But the fact that we had to devalue by 40% at once means that Malawians are feeling the shock, the impact of… — Joyce Banda Copy Share Image
When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
WARNING: The following is a transcript of a digital recording. In certain places, the audio quality was poor, so some words and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Regarding the mantra..."There is no overtraining" Just because you can handle large amounts of volume doesn't mean it's needed. That's the crux… — Steve Shaw Copy Share Image
For indeed, grace is the key to it all. It is not our lavish good deeds that procure salvation, but God's lavish… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
In Southern West Virginia we live in a war zone. Three and one-half million pounds of explosives are being used every day… — Judy Bonds Copy Share Image
Politeness. Now there's a poor man's virtue if ever there was one. What's so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know.… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
A rich man's body is like a premium cotton pillow, white and soft and blank. ''Ours'' is different. My father's spine was… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
How can one be compassionate if you belong to any religion, follow any guru, believe in something, believe in your scriptures, and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
As Lent is the time for greater love, listen to Jesus' thirst...'Repen t and believe' Jesus tells us. What are we to… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
If you're white and you're rich in the USA, if you get busted for drugs, you get a good attorney, and you… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Imagine what would happen if the government were to take the wealth of 200,000 of India's richest people and redistribute it amongst… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
If ever household affections and loves are graceful things, they are graceful in the poor. The ties that bind the wealthy and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
And one thing to be remembered: it is not that the people who are poor, starving, become frustrated with life - no.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Media mystifications should not obfuscate a simple, perceivable fact; Black teenage girls do not create poverty by having babies. Quite the contrary,… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
If one accepts the 24th and 104th Psalms as scriptural norms, then surface mining and other forms of earth destruction are perversions.… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Under Barack Obama, the only 'Change' is that 'Hope' has been hard to find. Now millions of Americans are insecure about their… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
We have very stable mechanisms of conflict resolution in terms of labor relations, we have a very good transportation infrastructure, we provide… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes,… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image