Frank James Quotes

There's so little money in my bank account, my scenic checks show a ghetto.

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

This is a wonderful year for raw truth. We don't have any money.

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

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.'

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

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

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?'

We had plenty of clothes and no money.

I know what it's like not to have food in the fridge or money to buy more.

Let me tell you something: I have members in my charter who, after paying their rent and house bills and taking care of their families, don't even have enough money left over to pay the fifteen dollars a week dues.

I don't make any money.

When I was a deacon, the ominous signs of the Great Depression began to appear. Tens of thousands lost their jobs. Money was scarce. Families had to do without. Some young people did not ask their mothers, 'What's for dinner?' because they knew all too well that their cupboards held very little.

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

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.

Going through economic hard times is something I know firsthand.

I have way more experience being poor than I do having money.

My grandfather was a wealthy and respected merchant in Montclair, New Jersey, where I was born. But his estate was wiped out in the Great Depression, and as a result, I had what I consider the ideal upbringing: We were a proud family, good citizens, and we didn't have a sou.

My parents used to struggle to put food on our plates. Whatever little money they got, we had to make do with it.

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

Poor? What does that matter? When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window.

Tonight, more Americans are out of work and more are working harder for less. More of you have lost your homes and even more are watching your home values plummet. More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach.

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