Quotes tagged ‘Rent’

“[rings door buzzer] Mail Slot Man: [mail flap opens, revealing a pair of crazed eyes] Who's there? Booger: [pauses] Ahhh, is... Mail Slot Man: What do you want? Booger: Is this the Stewart residence? Mail Slot Man: Why are you here? Booger: Ahh, I've come about the roo... Mail Slot Man: WHAT DO YOU…”

— Tim Metcalfe, Miguel Tejada-Flores, Jeff Buhai, Steve Zacharias, 'Booger' Dawson, Curtis Armstrong, imdb.com

“Guess who’s most screwed over? It’s women, low-income earners and people of color, and low-income earning women of color suffer the most.”

— Tracy Moore, melmagazine.com

“Paying rent can be a problem, whether you’re an Angeleno or a sitcom character.”

— Jack Flemming, latimes.com

“Landlord: Bridgette please, I need your rent. Bridgette: You wanna get high?”

— Frankie Shaw, Jess Dweck, Bridgette Bird, Frankie Shaw, imdb.com

“Make sure your rent is only or less than a third of your income.”

— Z. R. Uddin, thoughtcatalog.com

“Today, more than 11 million families spend over half of their incomes on rent, and for the poor, it can be as much as 80 percent. That means millions of Americans face the threat of eviction, or they live in substandard housing because it's all they can afford.”

— Pam Fessler, npr.org