Constant Quote by Tom Waits

I've lived in poverty.

— London Breed

Poverty is a stubborn thing: you seldom escape it with one bound.

— Fay Weldon

I was born in a very poor family. I used to sell tea in a railway coach as a child. My mother used to…

— Narendra Modi

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

I often think that people who write a lot about poverty need to go and spend more time with poor people.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I'm very familiar with poverty. I find it easy to be with, whether I'm in America or in Africa or in Asia. Wherever I…

— Harry Belafonte

I was born in a very poor family. I used to sell tea in a railway coach as a child. My mother used to…

— Narendra Modi

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

I read myself out of poverty, long before I worked myself out of poverty.

— Walter Inglis Anderson

I myself am from a very poor background; I experienced firsthand poverty in this country, and that is not unrelated to my desire, from…

— Thein Sein

When it comes to poverty, there is no need to say anything. All we need to do is to help, the moment we encounter…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

To live in poverty is to live with constant uncertainty, to accept galling indignities, and to expect harassment by the police, welfare officials and…

— Barbara Ehrenreich