Quotes of: Poor Keyword

There always seem to be very rich people, no matter how poor the country,” Thenoclon said.

The Invisible Hands - Part 2: Castling

When the British left, India was a multireligious, multiregional, multiethnic country, exploited, backward, and poor from colonialism.

India: An Illustrated History

Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.

Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor bare, forked animal as thou art.

King Lear

In the fairy tales, the poor girl smiles when she becomes a princess. Right now, I don't know if I'll ever smile again.

Red Queen

You shouldn't call then anything. They're poor unfortunate people who cannot help the way they look,

Sapphire Battersea

Poor Martin. Geek or no, committing his soul to eternal damnation was a helluva price to pay for six minutes.

Succubus Blues

Democracy is a poor system; the only thing that can be said for it is that it's eight times as good as any other method.

Stranger in a Strange Land

Everything and everyone is your teacher unless you are a poor student.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Hunger and necessity are poor teachers of morality. A society that cannot provide the basics of life does not get its laws obeyed.

Man On Fire

Compromise is low class. I don't have anything against the poor, but being low class is the root of all evil

Missin' (Novel)

I thought I had been a suffragist before I became a Poor Law Guardian, but now I began to think about the vote in women's hands not only as a right but as a desperate necessity.

My Own Story

Taking on too much of other people's drama is just a poor excuse for not taking ownership and control over your own life.

Mi Vida

Distinctive facial features of a parent are poor people’s paternity test.

N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups

How could any Lord have made this world?... there is no reason, order, justice: but suffering, death, the poor. There was no treachery too base for this world to commit... No happiness lasted.

To the Lighthouse

Short stories are often treated as the poor cousins of novels.

The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered

But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.

Mockingjay

If you have a poverty of heart then you are the poorest among the poor.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.

Poor Richard's Almanack

A chill December morning dawned, with rags and tatters of mist hanging on the trees like poor people’s washing.

The Pillars of the Earth

What are the secret of success? -one word answer :"rational

Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger