I was a TV producer at a noncommercial station, and we were producing some good documentaries - on Head Start, on poverty.… — Joan Ganz Cooney Copy Share Image
To be conscious of being poor while praying for riches is to be rewarded with that which you are conscious of being,… — Neville Goddard Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage may poll well, but having a job that pays $10 an hour is not the American Dream. And… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: but with poverty everything becomes frightful. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
New technology lets you grow the resource pie, which is the only way you can get out between that pincer of rising… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
You are only as rich as where you come from, and Nigeria has a lot of poverty. — Burna Boy Copy Share Image
“Turning back to the crowd I say, “I am duty bound to make this plea, but I want to say, with all… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
Being Black and poor is, I think, radically different from being anything else and poor. Poor, to most Blacks, is a state… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
“The most profound betrayal of feminist issues has been the lack of mass-based feminist protest challenging the government’s assault on single mothers… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Contentment makes a poor person rich and discontent makes a rich person poor. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Once thrift shops hit your district it is a good sign that more citizens are being squeezed out of house and home. — Martin Dansky Copy Share Image
The earth has enough knowledge and resources to eradicate this ancient scourge. Hunger has plagued the world for thousands of years. But… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
Doom yourself to horrific climate change by burning all that carbon and releasing all that CO2. Or power down society, reducing total… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
When you have a spiritual foundation, you look at poverty differently then. — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
Prosperity is an essential partner in civilization itself. It is the basis of leisure, charity, and a hopeful outlook on life. It… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
I often think that people who write a lot about poverty need to go and spend more time with poor people. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“Your life must be planned in such a way that you could get to a stage when you can say every day… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“The reason why most of your goals are probably not achieved is because you do not break down your goals into smaller… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
The merits of deeper debt cancellation, when accompanied by conditions of accountability and transparency on the part of recipient countries, have been… — John Ricard Copy Share Image
A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
I still can't go over a subway grating without looking down to see if there is some money there. — Eartha Kitt Copy Share Image
We are not limited by money, but rather by the poverty of our own dreams. — Doug Wead Copy Share Image
When the kids see the poverty in their neighborhood, but they see these successful kids who come from the countries they come… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My father is a gypsy. He traveled in caravans and was branded by the Ku Klux Klan. You know I have a… — Amber Hollibaugh Copy Share Image
Many foster children have had difficulty making the transition to independent living. Several are homeless, become single parents, commit crimes, or live… — Charles Bass Copy Share Image
Income inequality has no necessary connection with poverty, the lack of material resources for a decent life, such as adequate food, shelter,… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
I work in a very tough area of Britain. There is not much hope sociologically where I live and work, they're all… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, and a king ain't satisfied until he rules everything. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he… — James Payn Copy Share Image
Richness in the world is a result of other people's poverty. We should begin to shorten the abyss between haves and have-nots. — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
The proper amount of wealth is that which neither descends to poverty nor is far distant from it. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The Government justifies keeping everyone else in poverty because people seem to work the hardest when they're right on the edge of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
