Of course we have compassion. We just don't believe the safety net should be used as a hammock. — Allen West Copy Share Image
If you're one car accident away from poverty, you're on a high wire without a safety net. And that's a challenging proposition. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
I left Radio 1 and I was about to have my daughter, Honey, my second child. I had no work at all.… — Fearne Cotton Copy Share Image
Safety-net programs must make efficient use of taxpayer resources and harness the capabilities of recipients by helping them move back into the… — Todd Young Copy Share Image
Improv is so freeing because there are no bounds; there's no safety net. You just say something and get an instant response. — Nicole Byer Copy Share Image
“An approachable person intuitively knows how to set new acquaintances at ease and create a safety net for them to be vulnerable… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
We don't want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into complacency and dependence. — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Although fear in the right dosage and under the right circumstance protects us ... imaginary fear offers straitjackets instead of lifejackets, nooses… — Gina Barreca Copy Share Image
I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair, I'll fix it. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
“Normally, he liked boundaries. Boundaries were the safety net. Boundaries kept people on the right path. But right now, he felt like… — Heather Burch Copy Share Image
That's why you went to school, because you realize that, being a professional athlete, there's a good chance you're not going to… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
To Republicans, I humbly suggest that we make it possible for Democrats to give up their quest for redistribution of income and… — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
Contrary to what many people believe, the welfare state was originally a 'rightwing' invention. It was the arch-conservative Otton von Bismarck who… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Africa's informal economy is one of the most innovative and inventive environments in the world. Yet it is an environment with little… — Richard Attias Copy Share Image
I am someone who's very positive about business, as a social Democrat. I do like the safety net of the welfare system… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
The work ahead will be hard. These times demand the best of us - all of us, but we can do this.… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
I hope and understand that people are getting a better recognition that food stamps is a program that really helps America, helps… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
In 2008, when I was wrapped up a very toxic relationship, I lived out of my car for about four months to… — Jennifer Welter Copy Share Image
“There is good reason for pervasive middle-class angst. Financial insecurity has been written into the DNA of the New Economy. Not only… — Hedrick Smith Copy Share Image
“A homeless man clarified this once: “You know? We’ve lost so many things: dignity, security, our marriages, our jobs. But one thing… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
If the idea is you're working at a job solely to pay the bills because you have ambitions to do something else,… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
“Being born into a prosperous middle-class family typically endows you with a safety net for life. If you are not naturally very… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
“The problem with hanging one’s ideas of success on superficial hooks is that when those hooks fail—when the address changes, when the… — Wayne Lionel Aponte Copy Share Image
“Reagan's going to mess everything up, cutting taxes for the wealthy and getting rid of the safety net and all that. The… — Alvin Orloff Copy Share Image
“I know you are hurting. Believe me, I know how it feels to get your emotional teeth kicked down your throat so… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Those who value a strong safety net for our neediest citizens see that every extra dollar spent on these unions is a… — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
In Britain, where the social safety net is more like a social swaddling cloth, crime rates other than murder are significantly higher… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
“I like anything that is thought provoking and elevates one's consciousness to the highest and out of it's safety net, making one… — Petra Remes Copy Share Image
“The rise of unretirement is good news for the economy’s vitality, the material well-being of individuals in life’s third stage, and for… — Chris Farrell Copy Share Image
I'm a capitalist. I believe in capitalism. But capitalism only works if you have safety nets to deal with people who are… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors… — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
The good thing about the Anvil school of filmmaking was that it was fly by the seat of your pants. There was… — Sacha Gervasi Copy Share Image
Misclassification means workers are denied not just minimum wage and overtime but other social safety net protections like workers' compensation and unemployment… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
“All the stuff our fathers took for granted as long as you worked hard, the great safety net and the fair wage… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
Since 1980, Republican shredding of the social safety net has disproportionately hit women, particularly women of colour. — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
We should put more money in health. We should put more money in devising credible social safety nets for the poor. — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
In a lot of comedy shows, there's a safety net where you don't assume anything of real consequence will happen. — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
My parents have brought me up in such a way that I never saw marriage as a safety net or as something… — Prachi Desai Copy Share Image
To keep farmers on the farm we must maintain a strong farm safety net, but we will also have to build a… — Tom Vilsack Copy Share Image
