“With my union project in my hand, from town to town, from one end of France to the other, to talk to the workers who do not know how to read and to those who do not have the time to read....I will go find them in their workshops; in their garrets and even, if needed, in their taverns, and there, face to face with their poverty, I will compel them, in spite of themselves, to escape from this frightful poverty which is degrading and killing them.” IfsKnowsEndsHandsFacesPovertyKnow HowNeededProjectsTownsUnionsWorkersKillingFranceSpiteFace To FaceWorkshopsDegradingTaverns Author:Flora Tristan
“You never know how you'll turn out till you've been down to half a dollar and no prospects.” KnowsTurnsHalfPovertyKnow HowDollarsProspects Book:The Ivy Tree Source: The Ivy Tree
“A lot of people don't know the culture shock of how you can be in a rich area and then be in poverty. People don't know how different it is over there.” PeopleKnowsDifferentCulturePovertyKnow HowRichAreasShockCulture Shock Author:Wiz Khalifa
“And, conversely, she went on to herself, sneering at the Grand Duke's palace, poverty is wasted on the poor, who never know how to make the best of things, are only the rich without money, are just as useless at looking after themselves, can't handle their cash just like the rich can't, always squandering it on bright, pretty, useless things in just the same way.” KnowsWayPoorPovertyKnow HowRichHandleUselessCashPalacesDukesSquanderingUseless Things Author:Angela Carter
“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” KnowsInspirationalBlackWealthPoorPovertyKnow HowExpensivePoor PeopleEnding PovertyExtreme PovertyWorld PovertyRiches And Poors Author:James A. Baldwin
“The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination.” PeopleThinkingKnowsReasonValuesEnjoyImaginationWealthMoneyPovertyKnow HowProsperityAccumulating Wealth Author:Alan Watts