The Poor Quotes

Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant—better left unstirred.

If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas.

The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor.

It is better to take many injuries than to give one.

Masturbation is a democratic pleasure, practiced by rich and poor, young and old, married and single.

I devalued the peso solely looking after the poor.

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

There's something really great and romantic about being poor and sleeping on couches.

History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

I firmly believe that our salvation depends on the poor.

We are all jars of clay, fragile and poor, yet we carry within us an immense treasure.

A poor surgeon hurts one person at a time. A poor teacher hurts 130.

I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair, I'll fix it.

Gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. Great kings, emperors, generals, admirals and philosophers have all died of gout.

I have made no money. I am as poor now as ever I was in my life - except in hope, which is by no means bankable.

Education is a capital to the poor man, and an interest to the rich man.

In Greece we're too poor to go to psychiatrists -- we have friends instead.

Poor is a state of mind. Broke is a state of wallet. You can fix being broke; it's not so easy to fix being poor.

Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.

We used to be calorie poor and now the problem is obesity. We used to be data poor, now the problem is data obesity.

Reagan's approach will achieve one of the basic goals of the conservative: Things remain basically the same. The rich stay rich and the poor stay poor, or even a little poorer.

Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days.

To be rich nowadays merely means to possess a large number of poor objects.

After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair.

God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.

The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.

In the poor and outcast we see Christ’s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ.

Let the radiance of my enthusiasms envelop the poor courtyard and the bare classroom. Let my heart be a stronger column and my goodwill purer gold than the columns and gold of rich schools.

If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound per mile to go to a massage parlor.

It is a sin to be poor.

Step by step, we will break this cycle of silence, poor information and stigma.

We need the poor as much as they need us.

Forgiveness is the best charity. (It is easy to give the poor money and goods when one has plenty, but to forgive is hard; but it is the best thing if one can do it.)

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.

I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.

Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs.

The doctrine of thrift for the poor is dumb and cruel, like advising them to try and lift themselves by their bootstraps.

Rich people choose to get paid based on results. Poor people choose to get paid based on time.

If you know where your next meal is coming from, you are not poor.

Slight was the thing I bought, small was the debt I thought, Poor was the loan at best - God! but the interest!

People who give will never be poor.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

A smart mother makes often a better diagnosis than a poor doctor.

We think of poverty as a condition simply meaning a lack of funds, no money, but when one sees fifth, sixth, and seventh generation poor, it is clear that poverty is as complicated as high finance.

People who are rich want to be richer, but what's the difference? The toys get different, that's all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It's all relative.

Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign to improve midwifery, prenatal care and emergency obstetric services in poor countries.

The living conditions of the poor must be improved if we really want to save our environment

Sexual love is the most stupendous fact of the universe, and the most magical mystery our poor blind senses know.

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.