Playing fair is a joke invented by rich people to keep the rest of us poor.
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You've got to stop having such a poor opinion of yourself.
I was saying last night that nobody loves like children, they don’t know if you’re black, white, or poor.
Socialism has no moral justification whatsoever; poor people are not morally superior to rich people, nor are they owed anything by rich people simply because of their lack of success.
Millennials' lack of funds could wind up making us culturally distinct from our parents and children over time—maybe we'll be more responsible and frugal, less inclined toward hedonism and waste.
Fred: A Merry Christmas to you, uncle! Ebenezer Scrooge: Bah! Humbug... What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough. Fred: What reason have you to be so dismal? You're rich enough. Ebenezer Scrooge: BAH! Humbug!
— Robert Zemeckis, Ebenezer Scrooge, Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, Jim Carrey, imdb.com
Fred: Don't be cross, Uncle! Ebenezer Scrooge: What else can I be when I live in such a world of fools as this? Merry Christmas! Out upon merry Christmas! What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer; a time…
— Robert Zemeckis, Ebenezer Scrooge, Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, Jim Carrey, imdb.com
For me, democratic socialism is about - really, the value for me is that I believe that in a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no person in America should be too poor to live.
There're two kinds of men on Wall Street: standard and poor.
My name is Teresa Mendoza. I am from Mexico. I was born poor, not that that's bad, but take it from me, I've been poor and I've been rich. Rich is better.
Ruby Sue: Uncle Clark, are you sure you ain't Santa Claus? Clark: I'm sure... I can't even afford to be an elf.
[on leaving the farm in Shug's car, shouting to Albert] I'm poor, black, I might even be ugly, but dear God, I'm here. I'm here.
Celie: [lunging towards Albert with a knife] I curse you. Until you do right by me everything you think about is gonna crumble! Sofia: Don't do it, Mrs. Celie. Don't trade places with what I been through. Shug: Come on, Celie, let's go to the car. Sofia: He ain't worth it, he ain't worth it. Albert:…
I’m doomed! I should be wallowing in riches by now, and I haven’t found as much as a speck!
— Carl Binder, Governor Ratcliffe (voice), David Ogden Stiers, imdb.com
Poor little orphan. Haven’t you learned anything this year? Week? Season?
— Tatiana Suarez-Pico, Daniel Handler, Count Olaf, Neil Patrick Harris, imdb.com
Starving people can’t eat money. Plus, if we give money to poor people, then they won’t be poor anymore, and we won’t have anyone to feel sorry for.
I always fantasized about having enough money to stock up on toilet paper.
Can you imagine those poor Salem witches traveling all the way down here in covered wagons without a proper charcuterie platter or a bidet? Absolutely savage!
Poor people are so cheap.
— Oliver Goldstick, Wilhelmina Slater, Vanessa Williams, imdb.com
Julie: He basically called me white trash! He said I was from Riverside! Jimmy: Honey, you are from Riverside. Julie: It was his tone!