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.
Joe E. Lewis: Won’t Buy Poverty
on Monday, September 6, 2021Joe E. Lewis Money Quote saying Money cannot buy it’s opposite. But that is the only thing which it can’t buy. Joe E. Lewis said:
“There’s only one thing money won’t buy, and that is poverty” — Joe E. Lewis
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Herman Melville: Poor Seem Rich
on Saturday, September 4, 2021Herman Melville Money Quote saying poor people are not good at pretending to be wealthy no matter their airs. Herman Melville said:
“Poor people make a very poor business of it when they try to seem rich” — Herman Melville
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Herman Melville: No Criticizing Poor
on Wednesday, September 1, 2021Herman Melville Money Quote saying best to avoid criticizing the poor if you are fat and happy – it’s presumptuous of anyone snug in their beds with a full stomach. Herman Melville said:
“Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor” — Herman Melville
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J. K. Rowling: Poverty Depression
on Saturday, July 31, 2021J. K. Rowling Money Quote saying poverty beats down with thousands of humiliating hardships, while some imagine it is noble. J. K. Rowling said:
“Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools” — J. K. Rowling
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Michael Tubbs: Lack of Cash
on Wednesday, April 14, 2021Michael Tubbs Money Quote saying the cause of poverty is a shortage of cash, not dysfunctional people. Michael Tubbs said:
“At the root of poverty is lack of cash. It’s lack of capital, and that some of the dysfunction that we see associated with poverty are the effect and not the cause. So, yes, folks should learn how to manage money. But folks need money to manage first” — Michael Tubbs
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Oscar Wilde: Taking or Begging
on Friday, March 12, 2021Oscar Wilde Money Quote saying if concerned about safety, it is better to beg. When appearances matter more, theft is preferred. Oscar Wilde said:
“As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg” — Oscar Wilde
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Gandhi: Empty Stomach God
on Monday, March 8, 2021Gandhi Money Quote saying someone that is starving will turn to the diety that feeds them when they need sustenance. Gandhi said:
“To a man with an empty stomach food is God” — Gandhi
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Alan Watts: Poverty Imagination
on Thursday, December 24, 2020Alan Watts Money Quote saying we have poverty because there is a poverty of imagination and nobody knows how to enjoy real wealth. Alan Watts said:
“The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it’s only money… they don’t know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination” — Alan Watts
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