John Schnatter Quotes

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.

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

I come from a poor background, I've seen struggle. Money will come and go, but I will continue to be grounded.

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?'

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

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

nothing more afflicts the mind of man than Poverty

We went bankrupt one time and lost everything. When I tell that story at my Women's Leadership LIVE conferences, people are shocked. I mean, our house was auctioned off and the car repossessed in the driveway. We had to start over again.

I know what not being able to pay your bills feels like real well... I know that way better than a room full of beautiful people and Tony awards and Grammy awards.

I never felt poor. Our family euphemism was that we were broke, which I think psychologically gave you a different feeling. There were people far worse than we were.

Once I remember shouting, 'Mum, can I get a pound for an ice cream?' and she said, 'I haven't got a pound, Kyle.' People take so much for granted, but I will never forget that.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

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

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

When I am made fun of in the press I just remember those days when I'd come home to find that the water had been turned off because my mother couldn't afford the bill. Suddenly, everything feels easier.

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

So people have been hurting and I understand that. And it doesn't give them comfort or solace for me to tell them, you know, but for me, we would be in a worldwide depression.

After we were married, we were broke. Flat broke. Not only did we not have health insurance, we could barely keep a roof over our heads, let alone have the kind of coin to throw around on onesies and Pampers.

I've got to love the film, not the money. Because I know what it's like not to have money - you still survive.

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

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.

We're broke. It's never a fun message to deliver.

I have a poverty demon. I'll ask my accountant if I can afford something, and he'll say, 'What are you talking about?'

My grandma forbid us from describing ourselves as poor. She said, 'we're broke.' Because broke is temporary.