Related Quotes
affluence good life luxury matter paintings subject
'Playboy' made the good life a reality for me and made it the subject matter of my paintings - not affluence and luxury as such, but joie de vivre itself. LeRoy Neiman
affluence left
For the Left, affluence is won, not earned. Dennis Prager
affluence bubbles chased chevy elites liberal modern people places poor singles urban west
Modern elites live in bubbles of liberal affluence like Ann Arbor, Brookline, the Upper West Side, Palo Alto, or Chevy Chase. These places used to have impoverished neighborhoods nearby, but the poor people got chased out by young singles living in group homes, hipsters, and urban homesteading gay couples. P. J. O'Rourke
affluence country desperate energetic filled impulse men reduced rendered
The country is filled with energetic and enterprising men, rendered desperate by being reduced from affluence to poverty through the vicissitudes of the times. They will give an impulse to smuggling unknown to the country heretofore. John C. Calhoun
affluence highways income low people
We talk a lot about infrastructure in cities, and it's talking about highways and it's talking about trains, but I think more important to people who are low income is, how do I get from here to there? How do I become part of the affluence that's surrounding me? Katherine Boo
affluence economics inequality
Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality. Adam Smith
affluence making-money rich
Under capitalism the more money you have, the easier it is to make money, and the less money you have, the harder.Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. The affluence of the rich supposes the indigence of the many. Adam Smith
affluence betrayed iron itself locks novelty relentless status
Our own relentless search for novelty and social status locks us into an iron cage of consumerism. Affluence has itself betrayed us. Tim Jackson
affluence defect discover easily elevation grandeur minds rank riches sink
There are minds which easily sink into submission, that look on grandeur with undistinguishing reverence, and discover no defect where there is elevation of rank and affluence of riches Samuel Johnson
poverty world wealth
This is the even-handed dealing of the world!" he said. "There is noth-ing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes tocondemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth! Charles Dickens
poverty discovering american-poverty
One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
poverty donation
Poverty isn’t solved with donations. Carlos Slim
poverty ending-poverty should
No one who works for a living should live in poverty. Edward Kennedy
poverty suits rags
Rags, which are the reproach of poverty, are the beggar's robes, and graceful insignia of his profession, his tenure, his full dress, the suit in which he is expected to show himself in public. Charles Lamb
poverty
We were happier when we were poorer, but we were also younger. Charles Lamb
poverty dresses female
In the indications of female poverty there can be no disguise. No woman dresses below herself from caprice. Charles Lamb
poverty sickness melancholy
As a remedy against all ills - poverty, sickness, and melancholy - only one thing is absolutely necessary: a liking for work Charles Baudelaire
poverty poor should
We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty. Benjamin Franklin
poor
Suffice it to say, I'm not poor. August Wilson
poor backgrounds harder
If you're from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that's what makes you who you are. Carol Vorderman
poorly pressure stage
We were awful, we started poorly and never got in the game. At no stage did we put any pressure on the French. Andy Robinson
poor starters finishers
I hired finishers because I'm a good starter and a poor finisher. Alan Kay
poor
What have they done to you, my poor child? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
poor-richard reproach
The Sting of a reproach, is the Truth of it. Benjamin Franklin
poor
It is a poor thing for the writer to take on that which he doesn't understand. Anton Chekhov
poor sad tired
Too tired to yawn, too tired to sleep: / Poor tired Tim! It's sad for him. Walter Mare
poor poverty-and-the-poor
The poor would never be able to live at all if it were not for the poor. George Moore