Afford Quote by Sue Townsend

My kids never had the advantages I had. I was born poor.

— Kirk Douglas

There was an undercurrent of poverty throughout my childhood. We lived with my grandmother in her two-bedroom flat, and I slept with my parents.…

— Bernard Hill

My parents and I were all afraid of being poor - really poor.

— Elizabeth Warren

At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted.

— Barbara Kingsolver

The burden of poverty isn't just that you don't always have the things you need: it's the feeling of being embarrassed every day of…

— Jay-Z

It was fine when I was single and childless. Carrying the responsibility of screwing up your kids at the same time is huge. I…

— Olivia Williams

When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn't afford to pay attention.

— Mr. T

I was the second of six kids. I wouldn't say we were poor; we had no money. That's different.

— Martha Stewart

My kids are being raised in a much more affluent environment than was mine. My wife and I talk about that all the time…

— Russell Crowe

You know, when you're poor and you have a bunch of kids in your family, you don't know that everybody's not poor.

— Kenny Rogers

I grew up in poverty. I was ashamed of the fact, when we were kids, we'd be at school hungry, our stomachs rumbling so…

— Jimmy Barnes

I had such a horrible childhood. My father was already married with three children when I was born and my mother didn't know. So…

— Udo Kier