Jake LaMotta Quotes

Stand-up comedy and poverty. Those were my two main endeavors.

Now, although my life is still pleasant, the days of easy money are over.

There's not much money in Tallahassee. Not many people can leave Tallahassee because they don't have the means.

Quite frankly, Barack Obama knows what it's like to pay a mortgage and student loans. He knows what it's like to watch a beloved family member in a medical crisis and worry that treatment is out of reach. Barack Obama knows our struggles. And, my friends, he shares our values.

I need the money. People don't understand how little money you make in a band.

Not surprisingly, troubled economic times often beget proselytizers of wacky, extreme ideas.

The men have long been unpaid and need relief.

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

Before I had a steady job, I was broke, and I didn't have any money to buy anything, so I would illegally download stuff.

You lose your individuality a huge amount when you have no money, and I certainly had that experience.

One year was so bad for me and my wife that we were going to have to sell our house until Elaine decided to change career and earn some money.

I was broke until I was 40. Really broke. I could get by, but I had nothing.

The root of all evil isn't money; rather, it's not having enough money.

I don't make any money.

Somebody has been cashing checks, and they've been bouncing back on us. And these people, the poor class of Negroes and the poor class of white people, they're getting tired of it.

Now we've got lots of freedom and no money.

We weren't making money in the Yardbirds.

You can't be happy in a place like London when you don't have money.

It's pretty rare to just talk to people who are having a tough time in the economy, to hear their individual stories.

There was this conflict within me because so many people would come up to me to ask for prayers for all sorts of things, and 50% would be about money like, 'How can I pay for the tuition fee of my kids?' And I could only pray for them. I had no advice to give them because I didn't know anything about money.

I've never felt fully able to sustain myself because I've run out of money many, many times, and it's been scary.

My mom didn't have a lot of money.

While growing up, I saw how finances can play havoc in anybody's life. While we were comfortable, money didn't come easy.

'The Little Rascals' was set against the background of the Great Depression: the characters were living in poverty. It's just that it wasn't focused on it. It was focused on what makes childhood universal. We're all laughing at kids because we see ourselves in them; we remember our childhood.

My parents have a pawnshop in Downtown Las Vegas for quite awhile. I grew up seeing people come in and want - need - money so they could go and gamble again or so they could pay their bills or whatever reason, and try and sell items that were of value to them.