“- Ernie Mott: Did you love my old man?
- Ma Mott: Love's not for the poor, son. No time for it.”
Cary Grant - Ernie Mott
Ethel Barrymore - Ma Mott

“- Satine: I can't fall in love with anyone.
- Christian: Can't... fall in love? But a life without love... that's terrible!
- Satine: No. Being on the street, that's terrible.”
Nicole Kidman - Satine
Ewan McGregor - Christian

“- Karen: Would you still love me if I was poor?
- John: You are poor.
- Karen: You're right.
- John: But you're rich in character and you have great boobs.”
Demi Moore - Karen Simmons
Emilio Estevez - John Wisdom

“- Mrs. Potter: I don't think you'd love me if I were poor.
- Hammer: I might, but I'd keep my mouth shut.”
Margaret Dumont - Mrs. Potter
Groucho Marx - Hammer

“Rich people and theorists - who are usually rich people - think of poverty in the negative, as the lack of riches - as disease might be called the lack of health.”

Robert Greig - Sullivan's Butler