Poor Quotes
5043 Poor quotes by 2780 unique authors
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To see the convulsions, agonies and tortures of a poor fellow-creature, whom they cannot restore nor recompense, dying to gratify luxury and tickle callous and…
— Unknown Author
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It's not hard to tell we was poor - when you saw the toilet paper dryin' on the clothesline.
— George Lindsey
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Poor is the man who desires a lot
— Leonardo da Vinci
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It is extremely important that mass media, having freed from the relics of the Cold War, served for peace and dialogue between nations and religions,…
— Nursultan Nazarbayev
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The Prayer of Examine produces within us the priceless grace of self-knowledge. I wish I could adequately explain to you how great a grace this…
— Richard J. Foster
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If you know where your next meal is coming from, you are not poor.
— Michael Oher
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In this vivid depiction of the wiseguys and poor sods who drift through his flawed hero's bar, Con Lehane also shows us their modest hopes…
— Margaret Maron
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Like the mind-set that places men above women, whites above blacks, and rich above poor, the mentality that places humans above nature is a dysfunctional…
— Petra Kelly
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Jesus was the poorest of the poor. Roman Catholicism, which claims to be His church, is the richest of the rich, the wealthiest institution on…
— Avro Manhattan
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It is my belief that in our mad world where there is so much pain, rivalry, hatred, violence, inequality, and oppression, it is people who…
— Jean Vanier
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I am very poor - for a know nothing, understand nothing. It is not a calamitous condition until it is realized.
— Rafael Sabatini
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All the asylum clothing is made by the patients, but sewing does not employ one's mind. After several months' confinement the thoughts of the busy…
— Nellie Bly
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Some Poor grad student pressing on the flanks of a hamster and out comes a doctorate on the other side
— Robert M. Sapolsky
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The extremists are talking too loudly, and everyone is convinced that only he is on the right side. It’s not just Jews against Arabs. It’s…
— Reuven Rivlin
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I've always enjoyed poor health
— Taylor Caldwell
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What I've found is that country doesn't refer to where you grew up as much as where your heart grows down, where it takes root.…
— Clay Walker
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Whores don’t live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don’t build nests on a tree that doesn’t bear…
— Chanakya
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The poor know they are in need.
— Heidi Baker
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We need the poor as much as they need us..
— John Wimber
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I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights
— Art Linkletter
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Is political discourse still just shouting opinions about subjective, hot-button issues based on poor understanding and outright ignorance about which agreements can never be reached?
— Jeffrey Rowland
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We have a system of justice in [the US] that treats you much better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent.…
— Bryan Stevenson
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Embracing a certain quotient of racial bias and discrimination against the poor is an inexorable aspect of supporting capital punishment. This is an immoral condition…
— Bryan Stevenson
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The most sinister of all taxes is the inflation tax and it is the most regressive. It hits the poor and the middle class. When…
— Ron Paul
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My prayer today is to not be negative about anything for one day. It is so easy to be disappointed, critical, cynical. Nothing is easier…
— Caroline Myss
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