Quotes by Billings, Josh

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell >>

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly >>

Poverty is the step-mother of genius. >>

Quotations about Poverty and The Poor

Poverty, of course, is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying. >>

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face. >>

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven >>

I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design.

Billings, Josh