45 Movie Quotes about Poor People (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

Memorable quotes about poor people, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

11 And indeed, it is better to be crowded and rich, than crowded...and poor.

José Ferrer as Ben Haramad in The Little Drummer Boy (1968)

12 There's no reason why people should be poor. So how come there are so many beggars around?

Quote from 10 Tigers of Shaolin

13 That 50 bucks in your pocket is beginning to show up on you already.

Walter Brennan in Meet John Doe (1941)

14 You don't exactly look like the type that has a butler.

Jamie Lee Curtis as Ophelia in Trading places (1983)

15 Yeah. You know, it occurs to me that the best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people.

Eddie Murphy as Billy Ray Valentine in Trading places (1983)

16 And where I come from, people boil mashed corn and eat it day after day, all their lives. And to forget their hunger, they dream.

Nadia Gray as Suzy in Mr. Topaze (1961)

17 People feeding cats, and some kids haven't got enough to eat.

Sterling Hayden as Dix Handley in The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

18 Well, you're gonna pay for it now! You're gonna be as poor as me! And ya ain't never gonna get it back!

Claire Trevor as Mary McCloud in Dark Command (1940)

19 Don't make the mistake of thinking because I grew up without running water, I am simple, general.

Josh Hartnett as Eversmann in Black Hawk Down

20 The few possess much, while the masses possess little but their television sets.

Keanu Reeves as Ted "Theodore" Logan in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

45 Movie Quotes about Poor People (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

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