Mario Cuomo Quotes

… there is such a general scarcity of Cash that nothing We have will Command it & Real Estates of Every kind are falling at least one half in value. Debtors that were a year or two ago responsible for £1000 can not now Raise a fourth part of the sum & those who had putt out their money upon Land Security of double the value are unable to get the principal as there is an Entire Stop to all sales by the sheriff for want of Buyers and Men of the best Estates amongst us can Scarce Raise money enough to defray the Necessary Expenses of their family’s. Our Stores in the Country that used to furnish Every necessary for the inhabitants are all shut up

I've known the panic of financial struggle. I didn't grow up with money at all, and my family has certainly known the panic of, 'Oh, gosh, where's the next bit of money coming from?'

I didn't have any extra money. But I can't say that I had a hard early career.

I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.

I have no problem talking about how hard it's been, how broke I've been, and how broke I was not even that long ago.

When you start off broke - and we weren't broke, we were negative broke - you never forget that. You stay appreciative.

My family, like many families here in South Carolina, have faced difficult financial situations.

We sometime didn't get enough to buy oats for our horses. Most banks had very little money in them.

The world knows already, they just don't have a picture up there or I'll spend the rest of my life in exile. It's hard to do that when you don't have any money.

We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.

I've never had money before in my life. Ever. Never, ever.

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

Money is a never-ending problem.

I don't make any money.

We have hardly enough money to last till the end of March.

Financial problems cause distress and loss of self-respect.

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

My mom didn't have a lot of money.

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

Now, although my life is still pleasant, the days of easy money are over.

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.'

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money.

It's OK, I guess, if you really need the money, but luckily, I'm not in that position.

There's not much money in Tallahassee. Not many people can leave Tallahassee because they don't have the means.