Subject: Money » Poverty (Page 3)

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

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

(1667 – 1745) Irish satirist & essayist

I was so poor growing up if I wasn’t a boy, I’d have had nothing to play with.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

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

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Three years ago I came to Florida without a nickel in my pocket. Now I’ve got a nickel in my pocket.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

It ain't no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

You're never too poor for good toilet paper.

comedian

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

(1961 – ) American actor & comedian

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

We were so poor, every Christmas Eve my old man would go outside and shoot his gun, then come in and tell us kids Santa Claus had committed suicide.

(1921 – ) American boxing champion

When I was born I owed twelve dollars.

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

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

I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

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