“How the sting of poverty, or small means, is gone when one keeps house for one's own comfort and not for the comfort of one's neighbors.” MeanHousePovertyGoneComfortNeighbor Author:Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
“I've had the luxury of travel and, in the luxury of travel, I've seen the detriments of poverty and I've gone on to see how easy the cures can be - cures that cost cents to the richest nations in the world.” WorldNationsEasyPovertyGoneCostCuresLuxuryCents Author:Brad Pitt
“A "snapshot" feature in USA Today listed the five greatest concerns parents and teachers had about children in the '50s: talking out of turn, chewing gum in class, doing homework, stepping out of line, cleaning their rooms. Then it listed the five top concerns of parents today: drug addiction, teenage pregnancy, suicide and homicide, gang violence, anorexia and bulimia. We can also add AIDS, poverty, and homelessness. . . . Between my own childhood and the advent of my motherhood--one short generation--the culture had gone completely mad.” ChildrenTodayTurnsCultureParentLinesMy OwnRoomsTalkingClassPovertyGoneFiveTeacherViolenceGenerationsChildhoodDrugConcernSuicideMadAddAddictionMotherhoodAidsFeaturesUsaPregnancyTeenageCleaningGangHomelessnessHomeworkAnorexiaDrug AddictionDrug AddictAdventGumChewingBulimiaSnapshotsHomicideParents And TeachersChewing GumTeenage PregnancyGang ViolenceAnorexia And Bulimia Author:Mary Blakely
“Imagine you waking up tomorrow and you can't get a bank account; you can't get a credit union account. Everything has gone away and you're now living in poverty.” PovertyGoneImagineTomorrowAccountsWake UpUnionsCreditWakingBank AccountsGone AwayCredit Unions Author:Suze Orman
“There's an awful lot of white British kids who have never really gone hungry, always had a roof to live under but at the same time are desperately unhappy. It's not total poverty, just a poverty of ideas.” IdeasKidsWhitePovertyGoneBritishHungryUnhappyAwfulRoof Author:Richey Edwards
“Children in poverty aren't trying to get out of poverty; they're just trying to rip off a pair of Nikes. So we Indian people are a microcosm of what's happening in America. We are now consumers, and our culture has gone.” PeopleTryingChildrenAmericaCulturePovertyGoneHappeningsConsumersIndianPairsRipMicrocosmNike Author:Russell Means
“I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.” PeopleWantGivingYearsLongTwoHomeRememberWealthPovertyGoneEconomicBuildingProjectsCrisisCome UpRemoveTwo YearsHospitalsWipePhilippinesRemember MeMarcosEconomic Crisis Author:Imelda Marcos
“Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so long in human society - how a few people could live in luxury while billions dwelt in misery, deprivation and despair.” PeopleNeedsHumansLongPoorBusinessWonderPovertyGoneGenerationsHorrorDespairMiseryCharityBillionsLuxuryMuseumsDisplayFuture GenerationHuman SocietyDeprivation Book:Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism Source: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
“Owain crossed his arms over his chest. "I've gone straight. Only good, clean jobs for me now." "So, in other words," North said, "you're living in poverty?” SaidJobsPovertyGoneArmsCleanChests Author:Alexandra Bracken