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"I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better."

"I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better."

Sophie Tucker, American Entertainer

57

"The walls are the publishers of the poor."

"The walls are the publishers of the poor."

Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan Journalist

44

"I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich."

"I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

42

"The world is richer than ever, and the gaps between rich and poor are wider."

"The world is richer than ever, and the gaps between rich and poor are wider."

Anna Lindh, Swedish Politician

23

"I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor."

"I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

21

"The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor."

"The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor."

Thomas Malthus, English Economist

19

"I don't think I can tell any stories about how I lived in a van in Alaska. I grew up in the suburbs, I even had my own room. We weren't poor. Everything was very normal."

"I don't think I can tell any stories about how I lived in a van in Alaska. I grew up in the suburbs, I even had my own room. We weren't poor. Everything was very normal."

Lisa Loeb, American Musician

19

"For those of you who don't understand Reaganomics, it's based on the principle that the rich and the poor will get the same amount of ice. In Reaganomics, however, the poor get all of theirs in winter."

"For those of you who don't understand Reaganomics, it's based on the principle that the rich and the poor will get the same amount of ice. In Reaganomics, however, the poor get all of theirs in winter."

Mo Udall, American Politician

Poor, Will, Winter

16

"Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me."

"Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me."

Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer

15

"He who hesitates is poor."

"He who hesitates is poor."

Mel Brooks, American Comedian

14

"It is a sin to be poor."

"It is a sin to be poor."

Charles Fillmore, American Educator

14

"I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship."

"I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship."

Rose Schneiderman, Polish Activist

14

"They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards."

"They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards."

Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., American Soldier

Poor, Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.

14

"I was very poor and I was a waitress, and it's hard to be a poor waitress in New York."

"I was very poor and I was a waitress, and it's hard to be a poor waitress in New York."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

13

"Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound."

"Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound."

William Bligh, British Soldier

12

"The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world."

"The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

12

"He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has."

"He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

12

"We have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread."

"We have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread."

Thomas Day, British Author

Poor, Right, Want

12

"I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider."

"I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider."

Willie Stargell, American Athlete

11

"Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet."

"Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

11

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."

Emma Lazarus, American Poet

11

"He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more."

"He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more."

John Bunyan, English Clergyman

11

"I've been poor and I've been rich, and rich is better."

"I've been poor and I've been rich, and rich is better."

Bessie Smith, American Musician

11

"An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics."

"An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics."

Plutarch, Greek Philosopher

11

"The rich don't exploit the poor. They just out-compete them."

"The rich don't exploit the poor. They just out-compete them."

David Brooks, American Politician

10

"I'm not knocking the poor homosexual, I'm not. They need salvation just like anybody else."

"I'm not knocking the poor homosexual, I'm not. They need salvation just like anybody else."

Jimmy Swaggart, American Clergyman

Poor, Salvation

10

"It's not hard to tell we was poor - when you saw the toilet paper dryin' on the clothesline."

"It's not hard to tell we was poor - when you saw the toilet paper dryin' on the clothesline."

George Lindsey, American Actor

10

"And plenty makes us poor."

"And plenty makes us poor."

John Dryden, English Poet

10

"I decided, if I'm going to be poor and black and all, the least thing I'm going to do is to try and find out who I am. I created everything about me."

"I decided, if I'm going to be poor and black and all, the least thing I'm going to do is to try and find out who I am. I created everything about me."

Ornette Coleman, American Musician

10

"In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor."

"In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor."

Ferdinand Mount, British Writer

9

"Poor fellow, he suffers from files."

"Poor fellow, he suffers from files."

Aneurin Bevan, Welsh Politician

9

"Suffice it to say, I'm not poor."

"Suffice it to say, I'm not poor."

August Wilson, American Playwright

9

"We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet."

"We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

9

"This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop."

"This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

9

"The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead."

"The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead."

Ann Landers, American Journalist

9

"It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher."

"It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher."

George Whitefield, American Clergyman

9

"I am a poor hater."

"I am a poor hater."

James A. Garfield, American President

9

"Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor."

"Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

8

"I think I'm a very poor piano player."

"I think I'm a very poor piano player."

Ray Manzarek, American Musician

8

"The poor peasant here hives under conditions quite different from those of Russia. Though often terrible, they are not as appalling as they were there."

"The poor peasant here hives under conditions quite different from those of Russia. Though often terrible, they are not as appalling as they were there."

Herman Gorter, Dutch Poet

8

"Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy."

"Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy."

Groucho Marx, American Comedian

8

"The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor."

"The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

8

"If you're poor and you do something stupid, you're nuts. If you're rich and do something stupid, you're eccentric."

"If you're poor and you do something stupid, you're nuts. If you're rich and do something stupid, you're eccentric."

Bobby Heenan, American Entertainer

8

"Though I be poor, I'm honest."

"Though I be poor, I'm honest."

Thomas Middleton, English Poet

8

"I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours."

"I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Poor, Right, Wonder

8

"Its easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor."

"Its easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor."

Ray Kroc, American Businessman

Poor, Principles

8

"Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress."

"Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

8

"He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust."

"He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Poor, Spirit, Words

8

"Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor."

"Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Poor, Property, Right

8

"The poor are the only consistent altruists; they sell all they have and give it to the rich."

"The poor are the only consistent altruists; they sell all they have and give it to the rich."

Holbrook Jackson, English Writer

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