Gael Garcia Bernal Quotes

I don't really believe in the myth of being poor but happy. At the poorest times in my life, I wasn't happy. I was just hungry.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

It's very difficult when you have $1.50 per day to spend on food and drink, but for people who live this reality, that money also has to cover medical expenses and education, fuel and shelter - sometimes for an entire family.

Now we've got lots of freedom and no money.

My mom didn't have a lot of money.

Growing up low income and poor, I didn't have the best relationship with money.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

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

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

No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.

Worrying about bills, food, or other problems leaves less capacity to think ahead or to exert self-discipline. So, poverty imposes a mental tax.

You lose your individuality a huge amount when you have no money, and I certainly had that experience.

Constantly having to think about money is not nice. People used to say, 'Being rich doesn't make you happy'. And I'd think, 'I've got no electricity, nothing - tell that to my empty fridge'.

The root of all evil isn't money; rather, it's not having enough money.

I don't make any money.

Everyone is trying to make ends meet, and even if you aren't, no one wants to get ripped off.

Political rights notwithstanding, 'freedom' rings awfully hollow when you're getting nickel-and-dimed to death in your everyday life.

The economics of life is against the family.

I'm a poor person who has money.

I've never felt fully able to sustain myself because I've run out of money many, many times, and it's been scary.

My family didn't have lots of money or anything.

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

We didn't grow up rich people.

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