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God will take care of the poor trampled slave, but where will the slaveholder be when eternity begins?

Quotes by Sojourner Truth

Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.

Quotes by Sitting Bull

When I don't get enough sleep, I am cranky, vulnerable to headaches, and my concentration is poor.

Quotes by Siri Hustvedt

Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

Quotes by Simon Sinek

The poorest people are so incredibly poor, and the rich are so incredibly rich on the other side. That is a kind of fascination.

Quotes by Simon Beaufoy

A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.

Quotes by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants.

Quotes by Sidney Altman

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

Quotes by Sholom Aleichem

Not only am I literally and figuratively the dark horse, I'm actually the poor horse. The only thing that I have going for me is my soul and my commitment to the American people.

Quotes by Shirley Chisholm

Apparently I'm the most naked that anyone's been on TNT. My poor mother. I'm ready to run away.

Quotes by Sheryl Lee

Unfortunately, the former rulers during the era of dictatorship indulged in massive corruption in Punjab, and the hard-earned money of the poor nation was mercilessly looted.

Quotes by Shehbaz Sharif

Free quality health facilities have been made available to the children of the poor families through Daanish School System.

Quotes by Shehbaz Sharif

In 1978, when I was a non-Congress chief minister, we distributed surplus wheat among labourers. Later, when we visited a village, I asked a labourer whether he knew who sent the wheat. 'Yes, Indiraji - only Indiraji helps the poor.'...

Quotes by Sharad Pawar

Poor people around the world spend more on energy because they lack the capital to buy a more expensive energy-efficient product.

Quotes by Sharan Burrow

I've slept with a couple of people and made some poor choices and put things in jeopardy with... what I was happy with, and that's my own fault. I've got no one else to blame about that stuff.

Quotes by Shane Warne

I have been running maths clubs for children completely free. In my building in Bangalore, I conduct maths clubs for several months, and every child who attended the club was poor in mathematics and is now showing brilliant results.

Quotes by Shakuntala Devi

The '90s came, and then the 2000s, and we saw radical corporate interest extremism, we've seen the disparity between rich and poor just get bigger, with globalisation and the corporate agenda on the rise ever since.

Quotes by Severn Cullis-Suzuki

It's hard to get people to empathize with the poor. You can get some people to sympathize with the poor, but to empathize is actually very hard, because most people are not poor. I realized that scarcity gives you a...

Quotes by Sendhil Mullainathan

In education, they say either property taxes have to go up, or we'll have poor education - that's a false choice.

Quotes by Scott Walker

Creed was ended by egos and people wanting to do their own thing and poor decision-making.

Quotes by Scott Stapp

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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