Quotes by Feiffer, Jules

I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was nee >>

The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourt >>

Quotations about Poverty and The Poor

Poverty is the step-mother of genius. >>

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poo >>

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true >>

I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy. I was deprived. (Oh not deprived but rather underprivileged.) Then they told me that underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don't have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.

Feiffer, Jules