Air Quote by Quentin Crisp

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse…

— Washington Irving

It is not poverty so much as pretence that harasses a ruined man--the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse--the keeping up…

— Anna Brownell Jameson

Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts…

— J. K. Rowling

Poverty is a career for lot's of well paid people

— Ronald Reagan

Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.

— J. K. Rowling

Today there are a huge number of think tanks working on poverty-related issues; there are books written on the topic; and university centers being…

— Sasha Abramsky

poverty is like a pain, dormant and unbearable as long as you don't move about too much. You grow used to it, you end…

— Gabrielle Roy

“Poverty is a state of the mind that was created as a result of unhealthy environmental factors. When you are surrounded with unhealthy environmental…

— Uzoma Nnadi

“What is Poverty? A hateful good; a mother of health; a putting away of cares; a discoverer of wisdom; business without injury; ownership without…

— Secundus the Silent

Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being

— Amartya Sen

Poverty consist in feeling poor.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Poverty didn't necessarily engender an envy of wealth; sometimes it might beget a passion for decency.

— Patricia Hampl