Poverty quotes

“My kids never had the advantage I had. I was born poor.”
Kirk Douglas

“Those who came before have passed on. And I'm left behind. A penniless beggar. Not a cowrie to my name. Look, my purse is empty... Lord, the day is done and evening falls. Ferry me across to the other shore...”

Chunibala Devi - Indir Thakrun

“It's the poor man, the shit-shoveler with the arse out of his pants and two bob in his pocket that makes Australia. Every time trouble starts, there he is, standing like a fool at the recruiting office with his hand out for a rifle, while the rich boys are at home hanging on, waiting for a commission or their fathers to get them into a safe job....” (continue)(continue reading)
Graham Kennedy - Harry

“Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.”
Jeff Bridges

“There is nothing worse than being famous and broke.”
Kim Basinger

“- Adso of Melk: Dolcinites? Who were they, master?
- William of Baskerville: Those who believed in the poverty of Christ.
- Adso of Melk: So do we Franciscans.
- William of Baskerville: But they also declared that everyone must be poor, so they slaughtered the rich. Ha! You see, Adso, the step between ecstatic vision and sinful frenzy is all too...” (continue)(continue reading)
Christian Slater - Adso von Melk
Sir Sean Connery - William von Baskerville

“- 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 Gordon McGregor - Christian

“If you try and make this job about the money, you'll be nothing but miserable, 'cause we don't get the money - never have, never will.”

Robert Duvall - Bernie White

“- Leader of Senate - The Roman Empire: All fellow members of the Roman senate hear me. Shall we continue to build palace after palace for the rich? Or shall we aspire to a more noble purpose and build decent housing for the poor? How does the senate vote?
- Entire Senate: Fuck the poor!”
John Myhers - Leader of Senate - The Roman Empire

“You ain't from this planet are you, Vincent? Who is gonna mug two black fellas, holding pistols, sat in a car that is worth less than your shirt?”
Lennie James - Sol

“I'm poor, black, I might even be ugly, but dear God, I'm here. I'm here.”
Whoopi Goldberg - Celie Johnson

“- William Thatcher: Were you robbed?
- Geoffrey Chaucer: [laughs] Funny really, yes, but at the same time a huge resounding no. It's more of an... involuntary vow of poverty... really.”

Heath Ledger - William Thatcher
Paul Bettany - Geoffrey Chaucer

“- Elinor Dashwood: Poor Willoughby. He will always regret you.
- Marianne: But does it follow that, had he chosen me, he would have been content? He would have had a wife he loved, but no money, and might soon have learned to rank the demands of his pocketbook far above the demands of his heart. If his present regrets are half as painful as mine...” (continue)(continue reading)
Emma Thompson - Elinor Dashwood
Kate Winslet - Marianne Dashwood

“- Daniel Miller: What is this?
- Julia: It's my hotel.
- Daniel Miller: This is your hotel?
- Julia: Where are you staying?
- Daniel Miller: Obviously at the place for people that weren't very generous and didn't adopt anybody. I'm at the Continental. Come over one day; we'll paint it.”
Albert Brooks - Daniel Miller
Meryl Streep - Julia

“These people deserve more than dogshit on the doorstep.”

Bob Hoskins - Harold

“- Elinor Dashwood: I am by no means assured of his regard, and even were he to feel such a preference, I think we should be foolish to assume that there would not be many obstacles to his marrying a... a woman of no rank who cannot afford to buy sugar.
- Mrs. Dashwood: But Elinor, your heart must tell you...
- Elinor Dashwood: In such a...” (continue)(continue reading)
Emma Thompson - Elinor Dashwood
Gemma Jones - Mrs. Dashwood

“Everybody know the poor are always being fucked over by the rich. Always have, always will.”
Keith David - King

“There is no shame in being poor! Only in dressing poorly!”
George Hamilton - Bunny Wigglesworth

“I'll have some of that there yella'... and don't you get cheap on me ya hear?”

Randy Quaid - Cousin Eddie

“When all you've got is nothing, there's a lot to go around.”
Danny Glover - Jethro

“The richkids called us a lot of names but it never bothered us because we didn't know what the words meant.”
River Phoenix

“You so broke your bologna has no first name.”
Bobb'e J. Thompson - Shortie #1

“Do you know what someone with no money has in common with someone with too much money? Living is no fun for them.”
Oh Yeong-su - Oh Il-nam

“I love L.A. Even the homeless have an IMDB page.”
Tom Ellis - Lucifer Morningstar

“Pardner, do you know what's on the back of a poor man when he dies? The clothes of pride. And they're not a bit warmer to him than when he was alive.”
Randolph Scott - Gil Westrum