Jean Paul Quotes

Very few people can afford to be poor.

I can remember living in the housing projects and being broke like it was yesterday.

My family in general - they're troubled or poorer people.

I was having trouble making ends meet, and my beginnings weren't meeting either.

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

I couldn't do it at all. I was never really good at it, but I can't imagine what it can be like as a fortunate person not having to deal with it. I mean, people of all ages, not just my age, 25, 35, all the way down the line.

When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.

Money was tight and Mum used to do two jobs to support us.

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

I come from a poor family.

Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

As someone who grew up in tough circumstances, I know that being on public assistance is not a spot that anyone wants to be in.

Poverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient.

My parents didn't have any money.

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

I've seen poverty up close until I was four or five.

My mom didn't have a lot of money.

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

You cannot understand what it means to be poor until you have suffered it.

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

I didn't have money growing up.

I'm proud that I've never stopped writing about being poor.

I've been poor most of my life.

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