Russel Honore Quotes

Hey, baby, nobody suffers like the poor.

There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor.

We need to find ways to elevate the expectations, particularly of those individuals who may start off on a lower socioeconomic rung, who might be seen as disadvantaged. But, you know, the reason I say be seen as disadvantaged, it's because life is so short, and there's so much that can change.

I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles.

Immigrant children are highly vulnerable. Their level of disadvantage and fragility has consistently grown due to factors outside their control.

I am open-eyed about what poverty does to people.

One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.

It so happens, in Malaysia, the people who are in a way not doing as well constitute the majority of the people - the Bumiputeras.

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

It's not an underclass anymore; it's an outer class.

A rising tide lifts all boats but if you can’t afford a boat, the tide goes up your nose.

New York Times, despite its liberal reputation, has been against the poor people of this earth.

Poor people do not cause poverty. Poverty is thrust upon them.

You don't have to be impoverished to understand poverty.

The children of those people [long term unemployed] have less education, earn less, have higher unemployment. The problems are visited upon the children

… the struggling masses

Nobody likes being around poor people, especially poor people.

I like the back country, wildlife and all of that, but it's wrong to force poor people to live that way.

I left college with a deep sense that I needed to understand poverty more.

I wasn't a silver-spoon kid on the golf course growing up.

But I think most importantly, we need to realize that not everyone is privileged or born into a good life, stable homes or a home, period.

Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.

I'm not sticking up for white kids - I'm going to have a barrage of hate mail - but it's true. If you're poor, you're really poor.

The forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

The fact that the poor are alive is clear proof of their ability.