I have no interest in romanticizing poor black people, having been one of them myself in our beloved hometown of Detroit.
Michael Eric Dyson
Bill Cosby is a famous black guy who has a bully pulpit the size of the world; it's global. He puts his colossal foot on the vulnerable necks of... →
In Paris, where I live, the inner neighborhoods are only available to the white elite. The poor and dispossessed are shuffled out to suburbs and... →
Janine di Giovanni
Dogmatists have one advantage: they are poor listeners.
Frans de Waal
I'm not one of these guys who sits around saying, 'Gee, I mean, the person had a strange childhood and that's why he's doing this... →
Clint Eastwood
The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
There should be more booing in shops and restaurants and places like that when when the service is bad. If you've had a poor breakfast in a... →
Jenny Eclair
There should not be one new dime in tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires as long as millions of children in America are poor, hungry... →
Marian Wright Edelman
Individually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month's rent.... →
Barbara Ehrenreich
Lenders, including major credit companies as well as payday lenders, have taken over the traditional role of the street-corner loan shark, charging... →