Kanye West Quotes

They say that money is not everything. I say that when you don't have any, it is everything.

I think money is important for everyone, because the lack of it is so painful.

The root of all evil isn't money; rather, it's not having enough money.

Although money alone won't make us happy, the lack of money surely will make us miserable.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

While some people are certainly seeing economic benefits, many others are unemployed, underemployed, without health insurance and struggling to make ends meet.

A lot of people in this country right now are living with multiple generations under one roof, struggling to make ends meet.

Basically as a working class boy I understand when there's not enough money to put food on the table and not knowing where the next dollar comes in from. When you've been in that environment as a child, you never lose it.

Does anyone really believe it is possible to make even the most basic ends meet on $5.15 an hour?

The President also talked at length about how well the American economy is doing. Apparently, he got his information on this topic from his millionaire supporters. For the average working family, these are trying economic times.

Growing up in a lower-income family, you don't have the resources to make ends meet and you have to find creative ways to get by.

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life.

Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.

Constantly having to think about money is not nice. People used to say, 'Being rich doesn't make you happy'. And I'd think, 'I've got no electricity, nothing - tell that to my empty fridge'.

None of my friends were ever as broke as I was.

Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce?

Independence feels like a luxury, where the reality is that it's hard to survive financially for so many people out there.

Too many jobs don't pay enough to get by, let alone get ahead.

Americans shouldn't have to hold down two or three jobs to make ends meet.

We are trying to say that low income and low job opportunities, after a long period of time, tears at the social fabric.

I grew up pretty poor - not poor compared with people in India or Africa who are really poor, but poor enough so that the worry about money really cast a pall over your life a lot of the time.

Growing up, I was poor. In college, I was poor. I never had anything.

There’s an old adage that says that money is the root of all evil. Bullshit. Lack of money is the root of all evil.

Money helps, though not so much as you think when you don't have it.