Top 25 Poor Quotes of 923 - Page 22

I enjoy my money, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I'd certainly rather be rich than poor.

I enjoy my money, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I'd certainly rather be rich than poor.

Rich, Poor, Ashamed

Mr. Rochester never courted Jane Eyre, Tessa pointed out. No, he dressed up as a woman and terrified the poor girl out of her wits. Is that what you want?

Cassandra Clare

Girl, Want, Poor

Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Princess”, p.522, Simon and Schuster

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke

Brendan Behan

Deeds, Forget, Poor

The used key is always bright.

Benjamin Franklin

Keys, Use, Poor Richard

Benjamin Franklin (1807). “Maxims and Morals from Dr. Franklin: Being Incitements to Industry, Frugality, and Prudence”, p.23

Pay what you owe and you'll know what's your own.

Benjamin Franklin

Pay, Poor Richard, Knows

Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.278, Oxford University Press, USA

Pardoning the Bad, is injuring the Good.

Benjamin Franklin

Justice, Poor Richard

Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.282, Oxford University Press, USA

I am shortsighted. I need glasses for watching movies or concerts. It's not a hipster affectation; I do have poor eyesight. This is how ridiculous my life is: I've had the test for contact lenses, but I haven't found a half-day where I can go to the optician.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Hipster, Ridiculous, Poor

Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

If those who owe us nothing gave us nothing, how poor we would be.

Antonio Porchia

Kindness, Would Be, Poor

"Voices". Book by Antonio Porchia, 1943.

It is more or less a given that nothing is less favorable to clairvoyance than the bright sun: physical light and mental light coexist on very poor terms.

Andre Breton

Light, Sun, Poor

Andre Breton, Mark Polizzotti (1997). “Anthology of Black Humor”, p.347, City Lights Books

My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much.

Alan Ladd

Kids, Parent, Poor

The nominal budget is a poor indicator of the impact of government outlays and revenues.

William Vickrey

Impact, Government, Poor

William Spencer Vickrey (2004). “Full Employment and Price Stability: The Macroeconomic Vision of William S. Vickrey”, Edward Elgar Pub

Poor Desdemona! I am glad thy father's dead. Thy match was mortal to him, and pure grief Shore his old thread in twain.

William Shakespeare

Father, Grief, Poor

Shane Barnes, Aidan Coleman, William Shakespeare (2011). “Othello”, p.193, Insight Publications

A poor thing, perhaps, but my own.

William Shakespeare

Culture, Poor, My Own

Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and sure, dear friends, my thanks are too dear a halfpenny.

William Shakespeare

Thanks, Poor, Dear Friend

William Shakespeare (2015). “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”, p.54, Hackett Publishing

Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor

William Shakespeare

Poverty, Thanks, Poor

William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The Fourth Edition. Revised and Augmented (with a Glossarial Index) by the Editor of Dodsley's Collection of Old Plays”, p.259

Though Death be poor, it ends a mortal woe.

William Shakespeare

Death, Woe, Poor

William Shakespeare (1767). “The Works of Shakespeare: Much ado about nothing. All's well that ends well. The life and death of King John. The life and death of King Richard II”, p.274