Sharice Davids Quotes

We had to make ends meet. My parents were divorced, so my father wasn't really in my life. We grew up like most kids, just wanting things.

I didn't have any extra money. But I can't say that I had a hard early career.

My parents didn't have any money.

My mom didn't have a lot of money.

My family didn't have lots of money or anything.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

You and I can be busy, and we take a vacation from work. You can't take a break from being poor. You can't say, 'Hey I've had enough of worrying about money, I'm just going to be rich for a couple of weeks until I've recovered.'

After we were married, we were broke. Flat broke. Not only did we not have health insurance, we could barely keep a roof over our heads, let alone have the kind of coin to throw around on onesies and Pampers.

Let me tell you something: I have members in my charter who, after paying their rent and house bills and taking care of their families, don't even have enough money left over to pay the fifteen dollars a week dues.

I come from a family that doesn't have a whole lot of money.

My parents got married when they were 16, and they never had any money.

We were pretty cash-strapped for all those years when I took over.

I have way more experience being poor than I do having money.

I didn't have money growing up.

I never felt poor. Our family euphemism was that we were broke, which I think psychologically gave you a different feeling. There were people far worse than we were.

I grew up in a poor family. I had to cut everyone's hair, because we didn't have money for entertainment.

I'm poor, not homeless.

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

It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability.

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

It's OK, I guess, if you really need the money, but luckily, I'm not in that position.

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

I've never had money before in my life. Ever. Never, ever.

We had plenty of clothes and no money.

Like everyone, I am formed by my background, and mine was - well, we didn't have a lot of money. I didn't live in a cardboard box, but I did live in a place where, at the end of the week, the money was gone.