Subject: Money » Poverty (Page 2)

Oh, when I was a kid in show business I was so poor I used to go to orgies to eat the grapes.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I used to sell furniture for a living… the trouble was, it was my own.

(1931 – 1993) English comedian

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

(1934 – ) comedian

We were so poor; the ultimate luxury in our house at the time was ashtrays without advertisements.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

I grew up in a poor family… I had to cut everyone’s hair, because we didn’t have money for entertainment.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

The poor and ignorant will continue to lie and steal as long as the rich and educated show them how.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

We were poor. we were so poor, in my neighborhood the rainbow was in black-and-white.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

He who hesitates is poor.

(1926 – ) film director, screenwriter, composer, comedian, actor & producer

If the guy was poor, I’d give it back.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

When you're poor, your Halloween costume is a liquor store box.

(1961 – ) American actor & comedian

College is great; it’s the only time in life where you can write a check for 39 cents… and bounce it.

(1961 – ) American stand-up comedian

When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

(1886 – 1975) American fiction writer

There were times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.

(1900 – 1967) American film actor

He (Lyndon Johnson) wanted to see poverty, so he came to see my team (1964 New York Mets).

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Among the propensities of humans which almost exceed understanding come the parsimony of the rich and the extravagance of the poor.

In the nineteenth century, life was hard for Europe’s pheasants.

When I was born I owed twelve dollars.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist