Ben Gibbard Quotes

I didn't want wrestling anymore; I wanted to not want it. But I couldn't get a job anywhere, which was part of the reason I was homeless. I couldn't get a job pumping gas. I couldn't get a job working at a warehouse, I couldn't get a job at Baskin Robbins, I couldn't get a job anywhere.

The hardest work in the world is being out of work.

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.

I just remember all those days in the unemployment line, stressed out over when my next job was coming.

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

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

The depths of the Depression. You didn't ask what the job was, what the pay was, you didn't ask about stock options, or - you said yes.

At my lowest I was making nothing, of course.

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

Most poor people earn more than minimum wage when they are working; their problem is not low wages. The problem comes when they are not working.

Too many jobs don't pay enough to get by, let alone get ahead.

My family was mostly unemployed working class.

When you haven't got a job, a joke is about the only thing that's free.

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

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

I definitely have had my down times and also have had my times of being very, very unemployed.

Nothing has more impact on my district than unemployment.

Americans shouldn't have to hold down two or three jobs to make ends meet.

I was working at Lowes and Target, then FedEx, and still did not have enough money to pay rent on my own.

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.

Being unemployed - or working at minimum wage - is rough in the best of circumstances.

I couldn't get any jobs, and when that happens, you get so humble it's disgusting. I didn't feel like a man anymore -- I felt really creepy. I was bumping into walls and saying, Excuse me.

The lack of work destroys people.

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

I know exactly what it's like to not have a penny. I know exactly what it's like trying to get a job. I know exactly what it's like having bloody one tin of Ambrosia left in the cupboard. But I know I can survive.