Angus Deaton Quotes

Basically as a working class boy I understand when there's not enough money to put food on the table and not knowing where the next dollar comes in from. When you've been in that environment as a child, you never lose it.

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

Growing up, I was poor. In college, I was poor. I never had anything.

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

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

My parents didn't have any money.

People who didn't know the depression just don't know what being poor means.

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

I came from a background where we didn't have bread. I know what it's like to live with money and no money.

Growing up low income and poor, I didn't have the best relationship with money.

I didn't have money growing up.

I've been poor most of my life.

As a consequence while we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, and clothes to wear to school we were constantly conscious of being of modest means.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

I come from a poor family.

I don't come from money.

I don't come from a lot of money. In fact, I don't come from any money.

I come from the lower middle class, originally. We didn't have anything.

My mom didn't have a lot of money.

I don't come from a lot of money.

For a good part of my childhood, we were super poor and lived in government housing. I don't characterize the American dream as being successful and having a lot of material wealth to show for it. I did fine without it for a really long time.

We didn't grow up rich people.

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.

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

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.'