Edward P. Jones Quotes

I'm worried about that man or woman sitting around - the coffee table tonight or in their kitchen talking about how are we going to get to work. How are we going to have the dignity to take care of our family.

If you work, you should not be poor.

I think, in this country, if you work 40 hours a week, and you work hard, you ought to be able to afford an apartment somewhere.

I thought I was gonna be in the minimum-wage working world all my life.

Many blue-collar families struggling to pay rent would be happy to skip paying optional union dues.

My family were really hard-working, blue-collar people, and I didn't know the idea or concept of working and having fun. I thought you just worked and made money to support your family.

I have worked all my life, wanted to work all my life, needed to work all my life.

America's leaders need to put their feet in the shoes of working Americans.

I don't want to sound like Catherine Cookson but I've worked since I was eight, with a paper round and in a fruit and veg shop. Taking a pay cut won't demotivate me, not at all. It's not about money in the first place. It's about the job.

My first job was washing dishes in the basement of a nursing home for $2.10 an hour, and I learned as much about the value of hard work there as I ever did later.

I've never been in this business for the recognition or the awards. I just want to do good work, grab a decent paycheck, and move onto the next job.

We want work and we want honest jobs. Our minds and our hands will be our keep!

The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can make the difference for two-parent or single-parent working families who struggle to make ends meet.

I was raised as a real worker: you know, you get out and get a real job.

It's wrong that so many hardworking people - people working full-time, or even multiple jobs - need public assistance just to survive.

I believe that if we are going to create jobs in this country, then let's create jobs that will absolutely put the working-class people at work to the point where they have one job. They don't have to work three because they have to work Wendy's, McDonald's, and Walmart to survive.

I've always worked in cinemas or cafes to make money because it turns out freelance journalism is quite hard to get into.

No one wants to work for little money; otherwise, they would be living on the streets.

I can tell you what people on minimum wage want: They want a career. They don't want a minimum wage.

No person should live in poverty after a life of hard work.

Back in the old days, you had to work. If you didn't work, you didn't get paid.

Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job.

I worked on minimum wage; I didn't go to college out of school. I worked multiple jobs, and it's probably not something Sen. Hagan's not had to worry about because we grew up in very different life circumstances.

How can anyone live off of minimum wage?

Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.