Quotes about "Money & Wealth"

After 'Lost', I never need to take a job for the money again. ”

I don't want to sound Pollyannish about this. I understand that poverty is never just poverty. It's often this collection of maladies, this compounded adversity. I'm not naive about the problem. But I think that stable, steady housing is one of the surest footholds we could have on the road to financial stability. ”

Payday loans are but one of many financial techniques - from overdraft fees to student loans subsidizing for-profit colleges - specifically designed to pull money from the pockets of the poor. This problem generally goes unrecognized by policy makers. ”

Poverty is not just a sad accident, but it's also a result of the fact that some people make a lot of money off low-income families and directly contribute to their poverty. ”

We have failed to fully appreciate how deeply housing is implicated in the creation of poverty. ”

Young mothers who apply for housing assistance in our nation's capital literally could be grandmothers by the time their application is reviewed. ”

It takes a good amount of time and money to establish a home. Eviction can erase all that. ”

If eviction has these massive consequences that we all pay for, a very smart use of public funds would be to invest in legal services for folks facing eviction. ”

I just want the money and the fame and the adoration, and I don't want any of the other stuff. ”

My family home was a rented house in the East End of London. My parents could have bought it at one point, but they preferred to spend their money on holidays and theatre tickets. It was strange to see it handed on to someone else when my father passed away. ”