Burna Boy Quotes

Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

I've never sold widely enough to be able to relax about money. I had two kids and their mother to support and my own life. So there was never an option of cutting out.

The economics of life is against the family.

My parents worked hard, sometimes two jobs, to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table.

As a mother, I - like everyone else - have to fill my gas tank in my car. I have to feed my family. I have to be able to make sure that I can keep a roof over their heads and, with things escalating the way they are, it's very difficult. People are losing their homes.

Money is the driving force of Hand to Mouth, the lack of money, and all those true stories about strange things in The Red Notebook, coincidences and unlikely events, surprise, the unexpected.

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

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.'

Every day, families in the United States face the stark choice between a roof over their heads and food on the table. Buying health insurance, owning a home, and saving up for college are just too far out of their reach.

A lot of people in this country right now are living with multiple generations under one roof, struggling to make ends meet.

Their life is about getting enough money to put food on the table to feed their children, and that's it.

Worrying about bills, food, or other problems leaves less capacity to think ahead or to exert self-discipline. So, poverty imposes a mental tax.

Constantly having to think about money is not nice. People used to say, 'Being rich doesn't make you happy'. And I'd think, 'I've got no electricity, nothing - tell that to my empty fridge'.

When we have financial struggles, kids are so much more aware of things than we want them to be.

There's only so much that you can tighten your belt before you squeeze yourself to death.

No American should have to choose between heating and eating.

Financial problems cause distress and loss of self-respect.

You can't be happy in a place like London when you don't have money.

Oh my God - this is scary and sad all at the same time. I literally dream about buying my own groceries. Swear to God. Because it is something that is real and normal.

No Ohio family should be forced to go hungry during the holidays or any time.

It's tough for some families throughout the year and during the holidays.

We were under a lot of financial pressure when I was growing up.

Let's face it - being a nurse, a single mom of eight kids, I would not be able to provide for them in any way shape or form.

I had a job to take care of my parents, to take care of some bills at the house, because my daddy wasn't working. I had to figure out how to make that all work at one time. I was working at Boston Market... I told my coach, 'I can't play football because I have to make money to help my mom.'