Poor Quotes

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Many people are so poor because the only thing they have is money. — John Spence
I decided, if I'm going to be poor and black and all, the least thing I'm going to do is to try and find out… — Ornette Coleman
No man dares to condemn the Christian faith today, because the Christian faith has not been tried. Not until men get rid of the thought… — Phillips Brooks
If the barricades went up in our streets and the poor became masters, I think the priests would escape, I fear the gentlemen would; but… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Life is too short to be unhappy in business. If business were not a part of the joy of living, we might almost say that… — Unknown Author
I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the… — Cate Blanchett
Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice. — Lactantius
Mental degeneracy may be caused by lead poisoning. Or by a poor dip in the gene pool. — Edward Abbey
Poor Dimitri Shostakovich: In the Soviet Union, he was condemned as being too radical; in the West, for being too conservative. He could please no… — Edward Abbey
The very poor are strictly materialistic. It takes money to be a mystic. — Edward Abbey
Poor, dear God. Playing Idiot's Delight. The game that never means anything, and never ends. — Robert E. Sherwood
Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks. — John Hume
My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves,… — John Hume
It is a good deed to forget a poor joke — Brendan Behan
To provide employment for the poor, and support for the indigent, is among the primary, and, at the same time, not least difficult cares of… — James Madison
Most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor. — John Dickinson
A poor relationâ€”is the most irrelevant thing in nature. — Charles Lamb
From a poor man, poor in Time, I was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue; I could see no end of my possessions; I… — Charles Lamb
Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds. Pity the nation that needs to jail those who ask for justice,… — Arundhati Roy
The world's a poor standard. any society which is free of hunger and violence looks bright against that background. — B.F. Skinner

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