Poor Quotes

5043 quotes by 2780 authors

I was rather a poor student, too easily distracted - did a lot of gazing out of windows, fine for training to be a writer,… — Michael Morpurgo
If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in poor company. — Bryant H. McGill
I was brought up by a single mom in a poor town in Arkansas and while some aspects of small-town life were really positive -… — Beth Ditto
History shows one important fact: the results of competitive special elections from Hawaii to New York are poor indicators of broader trends or future general… — Pete Sessions
But the fact that we had to devalue by 40% at once means that Malawians are feeling the shock, the impact of that huge devaluation… — Joyce Banda
I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately… — Vicente Fox
I myself scraped seven poor passes at O-level. — James Dyson
While Planned Parenthood provides abortions at some of their clinics, it also provides healthcare services for poor women, including checkups, mammograms, cervical cancer screenings and… — Juan Williams
I grew up in this poor place, with very limited circumstances, at about 16 years of age was sent by my family to work, and… — Jamaica Kincaid
We often have an exaggerated sense of what nonprofits and governments are doing to help the poor, but the really inspiring thing is how much… — Katherine Boo
I was raised by my grandmother on a farm, where we were really poor - we had dirt floors - but so did everybody else. — Robert Herjavec
My son, Wolf, was born when I was past 40 and the author of a best-selling novel. That means he has grown up a middle-class… — Dorothy Allison
As Ronald Reagan understood, the difference between a good tax structure and a poor one has a very real impact not only on how much… — Mike Bouchard
When I was growing up, I despised Irishness. I felt our music, our television and our books were just poor imitations of what came out… — Marian Keyes
Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But, precisely because they are outsiders, they are usually in a… — Atul Gawande
I was born illegitimately and almost immediately, as I understand it, placed in an orphanage. So my very earliest memories were in an orphanage. It… — Bryce Courtenay
My mother bought me a brand new suit for going away to college. We were poor, but she wanted me to have that. It was… — Tom Heinsohn
Businessmen should not put their finger in politics, because they tend to think only of their own self-interest. But I worry about the low morale… — Diego Della Valle
The invention of the micro-loan was a big surprise to me. Who would have guessed loans of less than $20 made to poor people in… — Joel A. Barker
American democracy in the past has always been known for its large middle class and its relatively few very wealthy people and very few very… — Os Guinness

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