Unprivileged Quotes

I will always be on the side of those who have nothing.

When I was a kid, nobody in my family had a car. And I didn't have many toys. The only toys I had were the ones I would steal.

I'm not the pedigree kid. I'm not classically trained. I didn't come from the fancy home, no.

I never came into life with any favours or privileges.

I was born dirt-poor with barely a stitch on my back, and no name or prestige attached to me, and no real clout or connections.

In 'Huckleberry Finn,' I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was. He was ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed; but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had.

I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry.

Born in a cellar... and living in a garret.

I'm really white trash.

I'm a simple man. Grew up in a small town. Came from humble beginnings. No silver spoon.

I'm a believer in the ordinary person, that the ordinary person is just as important and has an equally unique perspective on the world as someone who is famous or perhaps more privileged.

I didn't go to fancy schools or come from money or from a family that valued law or public speaking in any shape or form.

I'm kind of a bottom-of-the-barrel guy.

I came from rather humble beginnings.

I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged.

We were kinda rebels. From the wrong side of the tracks. Down where we were raised, it was a tough town.

I want to hear from the creature who isn't blessed with unbelievable good looks and incredible genes. I want to hear from the geek girl, the forgotten girl, the invisible girl and the miserable girl.

We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn't the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how life's lived before it gets to the parlor door.

I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.

Everywhere they are just alike, possess pretty much the same characteristics, the same vernacular, the same boorishness, and the same habits . . . everywhere, Poor White Trash.

I'm just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who haven't had the best breaks in society. I'm always on their side. I find them more human, maybe. What I want to do more than anything is acknowledge their existence.

I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.

I come from very humble beginnings.

I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society.