--- title: "12 Said Poor Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Said Poor quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Said Poor sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/jennifer-ashley-2595_love_love-is-for-middle-class-fellows-said-th_2007864.jpg" --- > [“Love is for middle class", Fellows said."The poor can't afford it, and neither can the rich.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ashley/love-is-for-middle-class-fellows-said-the-poor-can-t-afford-it-and/) [Jennifer Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-ashley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/jennifer-ashley-2595_love_love-is-for-middle-class-fellows-said-th_2007864.jpg) > [“My mom often said "We're not poor, we just don't have much money.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-cochran/my-mom-often-said-we-re-not-poor-we-just-don-t-have-much-money/) [Les Cochran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/les-cochran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/les-cochran-256292_mom_my-mom-often-said-we-re-not-poor-we-just_1406373.jpg) > [Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-chamfort/nature-never-said-to-me-do-not-be-poor-still-less-did-she-say-be-rich/) [Nicolas Chamfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-chamfort/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/548/nicolas-chamfort-2263_cry_nature-never-said-to-me-do-not-be-poor-s_145502.png) > [“It was once said that the poor are “constantly exposed to evidence of their own irrelevance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/it-was-once-said-that-the-poor-are-constantly-exposed-to-evidence-of-2/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/matthew-desmond-1529_quote_it-was-once-said-that-the-poor-are-const_939808.jpg) > [“No one described him better than he did when someone accused him of being rich. “No, not rich,” he said. “I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/no-one-described-him-better-than-he-did-when-someone-accused-him-of/) [Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_money_no-one-described-him-better-than-he-did_311100.jpg) > [“must have looked forsaken standing there because she clucked her tongue against the roof of her mouth and said, “Poor Miss Sarah.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/must-have-looked-forsaken-standing-there-because-she-clucked-her/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/sue-monk-kidd-404_said-poor_must-have-looked-forsaken-standing-there_1816743.png) > [“Abe said something interesting. He said that because everyone's so poor these days, the '90s will be a decade with no architectural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/abe-said-something-interesting-he-said-that-because-everyone-s-so/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/douglas-coupland-305_90s_abe-said-something-interesting-he-said-t_2512326.jpg) > [Someone said drink the water, but I will drink the wine Someone said take a poor man, the rich don't have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-sinatra/someone-said-drink-the-water-but-i-will-drink-the-wine-someone-said/) [Frank Sinatra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-sinatra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/frank-sinatra-2702_dimes_someone-said-drink-the-water-but-i-will_843251.jpg) > [“I also remember that my father was one of the people who voted to get the Dauntless out of the factionless sector…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/i-also-remember-that-my-father-was-one-of-the-people-who-voted-to-get/) [Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/veronica-roth-66_abnegation_i-also-remember-that-my-father-was-one-o_334418.jpg) > [“Poor May!" he said. "Poor? Why poor?" she echoed with a strained laugh. "Because I shall never be able to open a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-wharton/poor-may-he-said-poor-why-poor-she-echoed-with-a-strained-laugh/) [Edith Wharton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-wharton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/edith-wharton-512_freedom_poor-may-he-said-poor-why-poor-she-echoe_2170619.jpg) > [“It was once said that the poor are 'constantly exposed to evidence of their own irrelevance.' Especially for poor African-American families -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/it-was-once-said-that-the-poor-are-constantly-exposed-to-evidence-of/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/matthew-desmond-1529_community_it-was-once-said-that-the-poor-are-const_198414.jpg) > [“She cleared her throat once or twice, and said something about poor people should eat a lot of herrings, as they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-comyns/she-cleared-her-throat-once-or-twice-and-said-something-about-poor/) [Barbara Comyns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-comyns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/barbara-comyns-47028_poor-people_she-cleared-her-throat-once-or-twice-and_1438281.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said-poor/#itemlist", "name": "Said Poor Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Love is for middle class\", Fellows said.\"The poor can't afford it, and neither can the rich.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jennifer Ashley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-ashley/love-is-for-middle-class-fellows-said-the-poor-can-t-afford-it-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/jennifer-ashley-2595_love_love-is-for-middle-class-fellows-said-th_2007864.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/jennifer-ashley-2595_love_love-is-for-middle-class-fellows-said-th_2007864.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/jennifer-ashley-2595_love_love-is-for-middle-class-fellows-said-th_2007864.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love is for middle class\", Fellows said.\"The poor can't afford it, and neither can the rich.” — Jennifer Ashley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My mom often said \"We're not poor, we just don't have much money.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Les Cochran" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-cochran/my-mom-often-said-we-re-not-poor-we-just-don-t-have-much-money/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/les-cochran-256292_mom_my-mom-often-said-we-re-not-poor-we-just_1406373.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/les-cochran-256292_mom_my-mom-often-said-we-re-not-poor-we-just_1406373.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/les-cochran-256292_mom_my-mom-often-said-we-re-not-poor-we-just_1406373.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My mom often said \"We're not poor, we just don't have much money.” — Les Cochran", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; 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Why poor?\" she echoed with a strained laugh. \"Because I shall never be able to open a window without worrying you,\" he rejoined, laughing also. 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