Archive for the ‘poverty’ Category
Everyone has an opinion on the poor and the causes of deprivation and we’ve collected the thoughts of those who would tell us how to solve poverty or help us have hope through laughter.
Thales: Neither Excessive Wealth
on Tuesday, September 26, 2023Meaning of Thales Money Quote: saying if a country is neither too rich nor too poor – justice is likely to rule. Thales said:
“If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail” — Thales
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Khushwant Singh: Morality Money
on Sunday, April 2, 2023Meaning of Khushwant Singh Money Quote: saying having an expected amount of morals only for those with sufficient money, instead religion. Khushwant Singh said:
“Morality is a matter of money. Poor people cannot afford to have morals. So they have religion” — Khushwant Singh
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Clarissa Pinkola Estés: Trees Poor
on Monday, January 9, 2023Meaning of Clarissa Pinkola Estés Money Quote: saying we are richer when we have trees. Lack of trees means a kind of poverty. Clarissa Pinkola Estés said:>
“To be poor and be without trees, is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees, is to be completely rich in ways that money can never buy” — Clarissa Pinkola Estés
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George Orwell: Poverty Frees
on Thursday, October 20, 2022Meaning of George Orwell Money Quote: saying being poor frees one from normal expectations, like money frees from working. George Orwell said:
“Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work” — George Orwell
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Orwell is comparing how poverty and money can both free people from certain social expectations or obligations. He’s saying that being poor frees people from the need to follow ordinary social standards of behavior because they are focused on basic survival instead. Similarly, having money frees people from the need to work in order to support themselves financially.
So both poverty and wealth allow people a kind of freedom from conventions or responsibilities that most people in society face. Orwell is highlighting how extremes of lack of resources or abundance of resources can both remove people from typical social constraints in their own ways.
Cher: Always Feel Poor Inside
on Saturday, September 17, 2022Meaning of Cher Money Quote: saying afraid of being poor out of habit sort of like the habit of weight. Cher said:
“I’m scared to death of being poor. It’s like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It’s my pet paranoia” — Cher
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George Bernard Shaw: Afford Poor
on Wednesday, September 14, 2022Meaning of George Bernard Shaw Money Quote: saying not many of us can afford poverty. George Bernard Shaw said:
“Very few people can afford to be poor” — George Bernard Shaw
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This George Bernard Shaw quote means that being poor is very difficult to sustain and survive with. It suggests that poverty comes with high costs, both financial and otherwise, that make it hard for most people to endure being poor for a long period of time.
Shaw is pointing out that poverty restricts choices and opportunities in life, and puts stress on one’s health, well-being and relationships. Most people need at least a minimal level of financial resources and stability to meet basic needs and have some control over their situation.
B.B. King: We Didn’t Have Money
on Sunday, August 7, 2022Meaning of B. B. King Money Quote: saying that being born into poor circumstances doesn’t determine your perception. B. B. King said:
“I was born on a plantation, and things weren’t so good. We didn’t have any money. I never thought of the word ‘poor’ ’til I got to be a man, but when you live in a house that you can always peek out of and see what kind of day it is, you’re not doing so well. And your rest room is not inside the house” — B. B. King
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Kin Hubbard: Poor Disgrace
on Wednesday, April 27, 2022Kin Hubbard Money Quote saying there is no disgrace in poverty, but it feels disgraceful anyway. Kin Hubbard said:
“It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be” — Kin Hubbard
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