Poor People Quotes

The primary difference between rich people and poor people is how they handle fear

Poor people know poor people, and rich people know rich people. It is one of the few things La Rochefoucauld did not say, but then La Rochefoucauld never lived in the Bronx.

Ours is not a poor country and even though we are now a poor people, there should be no room for the despondency that has settled on large sections of the population.

We grew up as poor people but we never knew poverty. I still love and miss the Somalia I grew up in. Things changed, when my father became a diplomat later on.

I don't understand bus lanes. Why do poor people have to get to places quicker than I do?

The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.

Grab your pig's feet, bread, and gin, there's plenty in the kitchen. I wonder what the poor people are eating tonight?

Poor people who had escaped from poverty as I had, feared it, hated it and fled from it all their lives. Those born rich could afford to be touched by it.

Wal-Mart has done more for poor people then any ten liberals, at least nine of whom are almost guaranteed to hate Wal-Mart.

Rich people think BIG. Poor people think small.

Rich people are poor people with money.

Poor people are gross and they 'smell bad

Poor people put a low value on themselves and their efforts.

Rich people see opportunities. Poor people see obstacles. Rich people see potential growth. Poor people see potential loss. Rich people focus on rewards. Poor focus on the risks.

The world is full of smart, poor people.

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.

A thought crossed his mind: How do you make poor people feel wealthy when wages are stagnant? You give them cheap loans.

I've not given them (the poor people of Bihar) heaven, but I've given them a voice.

Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife!

Rich people are excellent receivers. Poor people are poor receivers.

In the Third World, there are 1.3 billion poor people. In other words, one out of every three inhabitants lives in poverty.

The internal and external ethics of an organization must be the same; you cannot talk about minimum wages for poor people and not pay minimum wages to your own workers.

We're the only nation in the world where most of our poor people are fat.

Judging foods without regard to price is a rich mans game, and yet poor people can be gourmets able to discern a good potato from a bad one.

Reaganomics, that makes sense to me. It means if you don't have enough money, it's just because poor people are hoarding it.

Niggerization is the result of oppression -- and it doesn't just apply to the black people. Old people, poor people, and students can also get niggerized.

Rich people associate with positive, successful people. Poor people associate with negative or unsuccessful people.

As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.

Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.

Rich people constantly learn and grow. Poor people think they already know.

The returns from investing in poor people are just as great as the returns from investing in the business world... and have even more meaning

Rich men have dreams. Poor men die to make them come true.

Poor people never, or hardly ever, ask for an explanation of all they have to put up with. They hate one another, and content themselves with that.

There is no more compassionate and effective way to help poor people in New York City than to give to Robin Hood.

You can't be evangelical and associate yourself with Jesus and what he says about the poor and just have no other domestic concerns than tax cuts for wealthy people.

Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people.

If poor people want food stamps, they should become massive corporations.

Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people.

More paper money cannot make a society richer, of course, it is just more printed-paper. Otherwise why is it that there are still poor countries and poor people around?

Seldom do people discern eloquence under a threadbare cloak

America is such a great country, we have fat poor people.

I don't think anyone sets out to malign poor people but certainly that's what we do through organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Rich people believe in themselves. They believe in their value and in their ability to deliver it. Poor people don't. That's why they need "guarantees."

Rich people are wiling to act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear stop them.

Rich people are bigger than their problems. Poor people are smaller than their problems.

...poor people are just as human as anyone else. They have just as much potential as anyone.

Pressure? What pressure? Pressure is poor people in the world trying to feed their families. There is no pressure in football

Rich people manage their money well. Poor people mismanage their money well.

No touching... Cashmere is highly sensitive to the oil in poor people's fingers.

The United States of America is the richest country in the world; yet we're the worst at taking care of poor people.