Poor Quotes · Page 55

Luxury may possibly contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.

— Anonymous

I don't understand bus lanes. Why do poor people have to get to places quicker than I do?

— Jeremy Clarkson

Aid is the process by which the poor in rich countries subsidize the rich in poor countries.

— Peter Thomas Bauer

Pity the poor millionaire. He'll never know the thrill of paying that final installment.

— Ann Landers

To live with Jesus is to live with the poor. To live with the poor is to live with Jesus.

— Jean Vanier

That's the way Stravinsky was. Bup, bup, bup, bup. The poor guy's dead now. Play it legato.

— Eugene Ormandy

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

— Peter Ustinov

Sometimes he felt sure that the key to happiness was a poor memory.

— Ann Brashares

Don't be so impatient in finding love; take your time & allow the Lord to write that special love story for you.…

— Surgeo Bell

“poor countries are poor not because they lack resources, but because they lack effective political institutions.”

— Anonymous

But so many books thou readest, But so many schemes thou breedest, But so many wishes feedest, That thy poor head almost…

— Matthew Arnold

I care for riches, to make gifts To friends, or lead a sick man back to health With ease and plenty. Else…

— Euripides

And so I will take back up my poor life, so plain and so tranquil, where phrases are adventures and the only…

— Gustave Flaubert

Human life, the person is no longer perceived as a primary value to be respected and protected, especially if poor or disabled,…

— Pope Francis

In fact, effective solidarity with the poor, both individual persons and entire nations, is indispensable for the construction of peace.

— Claudio Hummes

Real women don't need love they need to be wanted. Real men need love and need their women to be there when…

— Surgeo Bell

Liberals correctly perceive the Reagan record as their most dangerous enemy. Why? Because what happened during the 1980s - prosperity at home…

— Rush Limbaugh

“All men are hungry. They always have been. They must eat, and when they deny themselves the pleasures of carrying out that…

— Anonymous

If the fact that people make poor decisions is reason enough for the government to second-guess their decisions about dangerous activities such…

— Jacob Sullum

There's another totally fraudulent recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Al Gore hadn't done anything but make a movie that itself was…

— Rush Limbaugh

I always considered myself a loner. I mean, not like a poor-me, Byron-esque, I-should-have-brought-a-swimming-buddy loner. I mean the sort of person who…

— Jim Butcher

Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I wanted Yoda to be the traditional kind of character you find in fairy tales and mythology. And that character is usually…

— George Lucas

Without making mistakes we would've never learned how to better ourselves. By making mistakes it gives us an opportunity to do and…

— Surgeo Bell

The Jewish press in the USA is solely responsible for our poor publicity.

— Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

It seems to me to be important to distinguish a good idea from poor implementations of it

— Ron Jeffries

The business man who gains success at the expense of the poor and miserable gains nil respect from his peers.

— Clarence H. Burns

Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store. [Giving much to the poor doth increase a man's store.]

— George Herbert

My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight.

— Kate Smith

War so conspicuously benefits rich men and kills the poor ones.

— Barbara Kingsolver

I have never observed that the religious are more eager to die than the rest of us poor mortals.

— H. Rider Haggard

Nobody would watch Lifestyles of the Poor and the Unknown.

— Robin Leach

In many climbing cultures, it seems that dirty ethics and poor style are acceptable. In mine they are not.

— Leo Houlding

I believe in the Democratic party, and their philosophy and what they stand for - for the poor people.

— Dikembe Mutombo

The Union government can do a lot more for poor states like Orissa.

— Naveen Patnaik

Do diddle di do, Poor Jim Jay Got stuck fast In Yesterday.

— Walter de La Mare

The beatitudes say, "Blessed are the poor". They don't say, "Blessed are those who care for the poor."

— Henri Nouwen

People make mistakes and poor decisions in life and sometimes deserve second chances.

— Katie Pavlich

“I have been rich, and I have been poor. Believe me baby, rich is better!”

— Ella Fitzgerald

In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity.

— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn