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In my opinion, the Republican Party is the last on the list to care about the needs of old people and children and poor people.

Quotes by Rickie Lee Jones

I do care about not 99 percent or 95 percent. I care about the very rich and the very poor. I care about 100 percent of America.

Quotes by Rick Santorum

Republican governors are more lunatic than they used to be - as attested by all the ones so eager to turn down free federal money to qualify more of their poor citizens for Medicaid under Obamacare. Meanwhile, some states have...

Quotes by Rick Perlstein

South Africa had very poor repertory distribution. I didn't find out about Akira Kurosawa and Tarkovsky and Werner Herzog until I got to the U.K.

Quotes by Richard Stanley

The gap between the rich and poor is widening fast.

Quotes by Richard Rogers

I think greed is a critical problem - the gap between the poor and the rich. The gap between the top 10 percent and the bottom 10 percent.

Quotes by Richard Rogers

Most Christian 'believers' tend to echo the cultural prejudices and worldviews of the dominant group in their country, with only a minority revealing any real transformation of attitudes or consciousness. It has been true of slavery and racism, classism and...

Quotes by Richard Rohr

If all we've got is the dirt poor and the filthy rich, the dirt poor would eat the filthy rich.

Quotes by Richard Ojeda

We have to stop letting people come in here and make millionaires and billionaires of themselves off of West Virginia while West Virginia remains poor.

Quotes by Richard Ojeda

Americans were happy to buy vast quantities of relatively inexpensive Chinese manufactured goods, demand for which provided jobs for the tens of millions of Chinese who moved from poor agricultural areas to new or rapidly expanding cities.

Quotes by Richard N. Haass

Trade is the all-but-forgotten weapon in the battle against poverty, but it can provide more help to the poor than aid can.

Quotes by Richard N. Haass

A nation has its first obligation to its own workers and its own poor.

Quotes by Richard Lamm

Poor eating habits developed at an early age lead to a lifetime of real health consequences.

Quotes by Richard J. Codey

What is the Obama Doctrine? It seems to be one of disengagement, to try to ignore the hot, religious, dry, poor countries from Algeria to Pakistan.

Quotes by Richard Engel

There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. I'm sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existed; and I thought it my...

Quotes by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

The factors that have been holding farmers back are similar to those that threaten other types of growth in Africa. Infrastructure and transport are in many cases quite poor, resulting in the losses of huge amounts of produce.

Quotes by Richard Attias

Let's face it, the Obama administration was handed a pretty poor deal from the previous administration.

Quotes by Richard Armitage

If you ask the average person on the street about U.S. energy and U.S. oil in particular, our situation, most Americans would say, 'Oh, we're energy poor; we don't have enough oil; we don't have enough natural gas.'

Quotes by Rex Tillerson

Sometimes I wish I could go back through time to meet Proust, just so I could give him my asthma inhaler. The poor guy.

Quotes by Rebecca Makkai

Its easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor.

Quotes by Ray Kroc

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the quote about horror films say about "poor" decisions?
It observes that "Poor decisions and bad luck are contingencies of most horror films" — in other words, characters making bad choices under pressure is a common ingredient in the genre. If you enjoy quotes about people and their choices, our Man quotes are worth a look.
What historical event does one of these quotes reference?
One quote refers to the Gulf War era, when Iraq's Saddam Hussein launched Scud missile attacks on Israel — a real historical episode. The quote itself observes a pattern in public opinion around it: "As soon as, say, Saddam Hussein started bombing Israel with Scuds, everyone was like, 'Poor Israel.' But when Israel retaliates - and most of the time they then win - people turn against them." This is presented here strictly as the speaker's own observation about how sympathy can shift depending on who appears to be winning, not as commentary on any current conflict.
Is there a quote about what it means to be poor financially?
Yes — one quote simply states, "When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off." Financial hardship often ties closely to family life — see our Family quotes for more.
Does one quote mention turning down film roles?
Yes. One quote explains that after a well-known martial arts film, the speaker turned down a lot of Hollywood offers because they were "victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a..." — the speaker's own account of why they declined those parts, without going further into what the roles depicted beyond that description.
What's a common thread across these "poor" quotes?
They use "poor" in very different senses — bad luck in movies, a specific historical episode and shifting public opinion, financial hardship, and difficult roles turned down in a career — showing how flexible the word can be depending on context. For more on facing tough circumstances with perspective, see our Good quotes or Life quotes.

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