Norton Juster Quotes

When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn't afford to pay attention.

I was very poor when I was young.

I didn't have a dollar to my name in 2006.

I was poor my whole life.

Being poor is only romantic in books.

It is bad to be poor. I shall go to the wall for bread and meat, if I neglect my business this year as well as last.

No money, holes in my socks, living off oatmeal.

Everyone believes that he abounds in wisdom, but is short of money.

People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.

Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.

Natural fact is, I can't pay my taxes. Make me wanna holler and throw up on my hands.

We grew up poor, very poor, but I am very proud of where I come from.

We're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction

Being poor is not an indication of potential or worth. It’s a lack of resources.

My wife and I were poor when I started but we struggled along until things happened for me in my thirties. I knew I was doing what I loved even if I wasn't getting paid for it, so I think I'd still be doing it.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

For the poor, the economic is spiritual.

I was born to poor because of honest parents.

I can't pay my [bills]. I can't go to work. My car is out of gas.

I think that so many people don't understand how easy it is to be broke, how easy it is to find yourself in a situation where you're in an absolutely foreign place.

My people are poor and I am one of them.

Economic privation proceeds by easy stages, and so long as men suffer it patiently the outside world cares little.

When I had money, money, O! I knew no joy till I went poor; For many a false man as a friend Came knocking all day at my door.

It was a very economically depressed time [the 80s] and because of that, there was a lot of space. Everything was relatively dilapidated, and one could live on a pretty low income. One could live well below the poverty line and not suffer immensely.

Shame is no comrade for the poor, I weet.