Vincent Rodriguez III Quotes

Not to sound too pathetic, but there have been long stretches where I haven't been able to get a job.

I'm grateful I know what it's like to be unemployed for long periods of time.

The toughest workout can never match the pain of being out of work.

I was literally just going and applying for jobs, and I couldn't get a job, and I was getting more and more broke, and you find yourself groveling for jobs you don't even want.

I know what it's like to be shoveling to pay bills. I know what it's like to not have a job.

Tough times were when I didn't have a job and nobody called me.

The general unemployment rate is going to continue for a long time and for all of us. I have never heard so many heart-wrenching stories of all kinds of people all across the economic spectrum.

Most of the people I meet who are on unemployment are people who have had jobs for 25 years, lost them; they've been knocking on doors every week.

The people who do not get jobs are often the most vulnerable in our society, and joblessness is a terrible plight for anyone who suffers from it.

How have I lived so long? I never worried. In the '20s, there were millions of men out of work. You couldn't get a job anywhere. I wasn't worried.

I can tell you that when I travel the state, when I talk to people, they are really struggling, in a very real way. They're losing their jobs, they're losing their homes, they're dealing with financial challenges.

In a packed programme tonight, we will be talking to an out-of-work contortionist who says he can no longer make ends meet.

Our businesses can't create jobs when they're losing revenue, and the unemployed can't apply for jobs when they can't pay their phone bill.

Unemployment is painful.

I know what unemployment means because I was unemployed for one-and-a-half years, and I know the drama that the worker and unemployed worker faces. I know the world of the labor union better than I think anyone else does.

My family was mostly unemployed working class.

It's tough for some families throughout the year and during the holidays.

I have a lot of hard-working, blue-collar people in my district who are at the end of their unemployment benefits.

Nothing has more impact on my district than unemployment.

Most people fall upon tough times at some point.

I know what it's like to be on public assistance and to be unemployed. And I know what it's like to be evicted.

Look how many millions of people are underemployed or have lost their jobs. The last thing I'm going to do is play politics with their future.

Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

Oh, my goodness, when we came to the farm in 1961, I mean, it wouldn't even support one salary.