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Poor Quotes - Page 5

Words are such a poor medium when you really want someone to feel something.

Words are such a poor medium when you really want someone to feel something.

Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967”, p.121, Ballantine Books

Religion is the opium of the poor.

Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.7764, Simon and Schuster

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

1884 'On Democracy', speech in Birmingham, 6 Oct.

As usual, in every scheme that worsens the position of the poor, it is the poor who are invoked as beneficiaries.

Vandana Shiva (2016). “Staying Alive: Women, Ecology, and Development”, p.123, North Atlantic Books

If you’re still poor at 35, you deserve it.

"Jack Ma: If you’re still poor at 35, you deserve it!" by Zach Ho, vulcanpost.com. April 15, 2014.

The patience and forbearance of the poor are among the strongest bulwarks of the rich.

C L R James (2001). “The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution”, p.445, Penguin UK

Being poor is only romantic in books.

Sidney Sheldon (2007). “The dark side of midnight: featuring The other side of midnight, Rage of angels”