Quotes About Poverty

And plenty makes us poor.

When you're poor, you don't want anyone to know you're poor.

I grew up in the hood in Miami in a poor neighborhood.

I didn't get bullied any more than anybody else. I think I got bullied more for being poor than being gay. But no more than any other kid. And I'm sure that I did my fair share of picking on other kids, too. We're all humans.

When I started, I had nothing. Because my family was really, really, really poor.

And it's absolutely true that male sexual behaviour and female responses to male demands change a lot when they start communicating - and the levels of the communication that I've seen on the ground in very, very poor areas are so high and I think why don't we have that here?

Everyone was poor. We were satisfied with a life that was simple and humble. We were a peaceful, open people.

I'm from Naples. I was born in a poor neighborhood and I always, in my heart, felt like it would be amazing to be able to adopt a child from Naples. I could give someone the opportunity I had. I would love to give back in that way and pay it forward.

The globalization that has rescued so many in poor countries has harmed some people in rich countries, as factories and jobs migrated to where labor is cheaper.

If China has cheap labour, Africa has cheaper labour. This is why China started buying out poor countries.

By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world. Almost all countries will be what we now call lower-middle income or richer.

Our communities deserve a just response to years of disinvestment in our communities that have led to poor health outcomes and crime.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country.

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.

The world needs a person like me so that many other rich people will be able to follow my role model. If they do, many poor people will be helped.

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

India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.

What many economists fail to understand is that poor people are no less concerned about improving their lot and that of their children than rich people are.

Most of the people in the world are poor, so if we knew the economics of being poor, we would know much of the economics that really matters. Most of the world's poor people earn their living from agriculture, so if we knew the economics of agriculture, we would know much of the economics of being poor.

Poor people are too stupid to know they're just chess pieces in a game.

We've learned a huge amount from organisations like Seva Mandir and Pratham, for example. In my personal experience, these organisations work on a very large scale with very poor people.

You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or an opportunity that should be opened up to them. But at the same time I believe that people of color are not the only poor people in America and all over the world.

In a sane, civil, intelligent and moral society, you don't blame poor people for being poor.