#poor

I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#compassionate #conservatism #desire #faith #faith-based

We are prophetic interrogators. Why are so many people hungry? Why are so many people and families in our shelters? Why do we have one of six of our children poor, and one of three of these are children of color? 'Why?' is the prophetic question. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#color #families #hungry #interrogators #many

Women do two thirds of the world's work. Yet they earn only one tenth of the world's income and own less than one percent of the world's property. They are among the poorest of the world's poor. ↗

— Barber Conable

#earn #income #less #only #own

Good pitchers, after a tough outing, bounce back. Real good pitchers don't let too many poor games get in there. ↗

— Don Cooper

#back #bounce #games #get #good

Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are? ↗

— Joan Crawford

#bitter #faces #how #lib #little

Sacred cows make very poor gladiators. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#make #poor #sacred #sacred cows #very

I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people. ↗

— Imogen Cunningham

#expect #good #hand #i #i think

I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles. ↗

— Edwidge Danticat

#amazing #dreams #extraordinary #growing #growing up

Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#christ #converted #ever #i #poor

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

— Kristin Davis

#i #new #new york #poor #very