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We inhabit, we are part of, a reality for which explanation is much too poor and small.

We inhabit, we are part of, a reality for which explanation is much too poor and small.

Marilynne Robinson
Reality, Poor, Explanation

I've always thought the law ought to put on spectacles, it has mighty poor eyesight once in a while.

Margaret Deland
Law, Poor Eyesight, Ought
Margaret Deland (1969). “Dr. Lavendar's People”

Poor Mary Ann! She gave the guy an inch and now he thinks he's a ruler.

Mae West
Thinking, Guy, Poor

There can no longer be anyone too poor to vote.

Lyndon B. Johnson
Voting, Vote, Poor

Poor dull Concord. Nothing colorful has come through here since the Redcoats.

Louisa May Alcott
Dull, Poor, Colorful

I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.

Loretta Lynn
Pregnancy, Nervous, Poor
Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.10, Vintage

The poor stay poor, the rich get rich / Thats how it goes / Everybody knows.

Leonard Cohen
Prosperity, Rich, Poor
Song: Everybody Knows, Album: I'm Your Man, 1988

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

Langston Hughes
Literature, Poor, Bores
Langston Hughes (2011). “Selected Poems of Langston Hughes”, p.130, Vintage

I was very poor and I was a waitress, and it's hard to be a poor waitress in New York.

Kristin Davis
New York, Poor, Waitress
"Charlotte's web" by Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2002.

Being poor is not an indication of potential or worth. It’s a lack of resources.

Kim Harrison
Poor, Resources, Indication

It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.

Joshua Reynolds
Poor, Shows, Eloquence
Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gray, Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy, William Mason (1851). “The literary works of Sir Joshua Reynolds”, p.353

All broken hearts are circumstantial. Every lovelorn jerk is the victim of bad timing, good intentions, and someone else’s poor decision making.

Joshua Ferris
Heart, Poor Decisions, Broken

Poor people have sh*tty lobbyists.

Jon Stewart
People, Lobbyists, Poor
"Jon Stewart Takes On Mitt Romney’s Tax Return: How Do You Justify Making The U.S. Median Annual Income In A Day?" by Katla McGlynn, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2012.

The poor we shall always have with us, but why the hungry?

John van Hengel
Hungry, Poor

There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate.

John Kenneth Galbraith
Poverty, Common, Poor

A good headline can make an advertisement good even if the picture is poor.

John Caples
Poor, Headlines, Advertisements
John Caples (1932). “Tested Advertising Methods: How to Profit by Removing Guesswork”

He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.

John Bunyan
Poverty, Wealth, Poor
John Bunyan (1787). “The pilgrim's progress, from this world to that which is to come: delivered under the similitude of a dream: In three parts. Wherein are set forth the manner of his setting out; ... together with his happy arrival at the celestial city”, p.182

And here, poor fool, with all my lore I stand no wiser than before.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ignorance, Fool, Poor
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1872). “Faust: A Tragedy”, p.15

Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Littles, Fool, Poor
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2016). “THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER (Literary Classics Series): Historical Romance Novel”, p.32, e-artnow

Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting.

Jerome K. Jerome
Poor, Trifles, Mere
Jerome K. Jerome (2016). “The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow”, p.32, Jerome K. Jerome

Who are to be the electors of the Federal Representatives? Not the rich, more than the poor

James Madison
Rich, Poor, Representatives
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1842). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788”, p.263

Refrain from throwing your bicycle in public. It shows poor upbringing

Jacquie Phelan
Riding A Bicycle, Poor, Refrain

It’s a poor atom blaster that won’t point both ways.

Isaac Asimov
Atoms, Way, Poor
Isaac Asimov (1991). “Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

What we have in Colombia is a war against the poor and the guerillas from the left side are against the poor.

Ingrid Betancourt
War, Sides, Poor
Source: bigthink.com

Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing the harshness of the growing contrast between the rich and the poor.

Indira Gandhi
Peace, Rich Or Poor, People
Indira Gandhi (1975). “Indira Gandhi, speeches and writings”

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