London Breed Quotes

The hard part that I had to go through in life, period, is living in poverty and not being able to get what I want.

I grew up in poverty. For 25 years I was fed on aid.

I was poor my whole life.

I've been poor most of my life.

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

For a long time, I couldn't even afford food and clothing. I climbed from the very bottom of the society.

It's really hard to be poor in New York - I was really poor when I lived in New York.

I know what poverty is.

When I started, I had nothing. Because my family was really, really, really poor.

I didn't have life that good coming up. I wasn't born with a lot of money. We weren't dirt poor, but we weren't rich. All I knew was struggle.

My family were really poor.

What's happened to society is we've become really pretentious. But there was a time in my life where I really had to choose between boiling potatoes and paying my gas bill, so I'd buy a can of potatoes.

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

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.

I come from a poor family.

I've never experienced chronic poverty, but I know what it's like to live on £3 a week.

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.

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

My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do something for the poor.

My mom didn't have a lot of money.

There were times when I couldn't even buy a loaf of bread.

We had no money, my dad was out of work a lot, and we never owned a house. It was very hand-to-mouth.

Poverty makes you work really hard.

The typical user of a food bank is not someone that's languishing in poverty: it's someone who has a cash flow problem.

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