Quotes about Homeless

We have come dangerously close to accepting the homeless situation as a problem that we just can't solve. Votes: 8

No one is asking what happened to all the homeless. No one cares, because it's easier to get on the subway and not be accosted. Votes: 7

You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course. Votes: 7

There is a lot that happens around the world we cannot control. We cannot stop earthquakes, we cannot prevent droughts, and we cannot prevent all conflict, but when we know where the hungry, the homeless and the sick exist, then we can help. Votes: 7

The world of the homeless is a tough and interesting world. Votes: 6

Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes them apprehensive about ownership. Votes: 5

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable. Votes: 5

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? Votes: 5

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty. Votes: 5

Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what's going to happen. Votes: 5

I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men. Votes: 4

I was planning on my future as a homeless person. I had a really good spot picked out. Votes: 4

The novelist is condemned to wander all his life. Homeless and blind like Oedipus he wanders until death. And so let us protect the novelist and adore him, with pity, honor, and love." Votes: 4

Poverty is not dated. Homeless people have looked the same since the thirteenth century. Go back to the times of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Look at photographs. It's amazing. The face on a homeless person is timeless. Votes: 4

Hungry for love, He looks at you. Thirsty for kindness, He begs of you. Naked for loyalty, He hopes in you. Homeless for shelter in your heart, He asks of you. Will you be that one to Him? Votes: 4

Puerto Rico has a stray dog problem. Tens of thousands of homeless canines - hundreds of thousands, by some estimates - live and die on the streets and beaches all over this Caribbean island of almost four million people. Votes: 4

Hungry not only for bread - but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing - but naked of human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a home of bricks - but homeless because of rejection. Votes: 4

You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed. Votes: 4

Our health care system squanders money because it is designed to react to emergencies. Homeless shelters, hospital emergency rooms, jails, prisons - these are expensive and ineffective ways to intervene and there are people who clearly profit from this cycle of continued suffering. Votes: 4

What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice. Votes: 4

Homeless people bear God's image too. Votes: 3

I was born and raised in the ghetto, on welfare, two minutes from homeless. Votes: 3

The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to. Votes: 3

Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger. Votes: 3

Another day, another dollar, another war, another tower Went up where the homeless had their home. Votes: 3

As Secretary of Housing, I do have to express alarm, signal the alarm if you will, that the potential for homelessness to grow is there. Votes: 3

Homeless people really upset me when I was little. A lot of kids have this reaction, but I would get really worried or sad or concerned or cry. Votes: 3

Homeless shelters, child hunger, and child suffering have become normalized in the richest nation on earth. It's time to reset our moral compass and redefine how we measure success. Votes: 3

Homeless people's dogs are more knowledgeable than dogs in Beverly Hills. Why? Because they explore, they move forward, they go through the ups and downs in life. A dog in a wealthy environment, there is no downs except what he lives. Votes: 3

Seven out of 10 Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless. Votes: 2

The challenges that the homeless face aren't dissimilar to those in developing countries. Votes: 2

Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music. Votes: 2

When elites see a homeless person in the gutter, they assume he's saving a parking place. Votes: 2

People can be so apathetic. They continue to ignore the real people trapped in poverty and homelessness. It's almost maddening. Votes: 2

Every homeless puppy and kitten was born to parents who weren't spayed or neutered. I'm proud to support PETA's work to prevent animal homelessness. Votes: 2

After-school tutoring programs, care for the elderly, shelters for the homeless, disaster relief work, and a variety of other services would all benefit from government funding. Votes: 2

Although AmeriCorps is making a difference among its participants and the people they serve, we must address homelessness and the need for job training among our veterans. Votes: 2

Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners. Votes: 2

I remember the '80s being about the Cold War and Reagan and the homeless problem and AIDS. To me, it was kind of a dark, depressing time. Votes: 2

I didn't mean to be a songwriter; I just was writing for fun, you have all day to do it. I was homeless so that's all I had to do. Votes: 2

I am a gypsy. I havent' had a home for a long time. Call me a homeless person - I just throw everything in a bag and I'm good to go. Votes: 2

I personally go to the airport looking like a homeless person, because I think people will leave me alone. But I dress myself with my luggage - all my luggage matches. Votes: 2

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door. Votes: 2

We've gotten involved in cat rescue we take them in and find homes for them. I've always loved cats. I saw how homeless cats were living out there. We take them in, put out flyers. Votes: 2

Starbucks is the last public space with chairs. It's a shower for homeless people. And it's a place you can write all day. The baristas don't glare at you. They don't even look at you. Votes: 2

Portland in particular is a cheap enough place to live that you can still develop your passion - painting, writing, music. People seem less status-conscious. Even wealthy people buy second-hand clothes and look a little bit homeless. Votes: 2

Musically, New York is a big influence on me. Walk down the street for five minutes and you'll hear homeless punk rockers, people playing Caribbean music and reggae, sacred Islamic music and Latino music, so many different types of music. Votes: 2

The first time I was homeless was when I went to Atlanta. I was in a homeless shelter, then when I got a job I used to miss the curfew for the shelter. So I ended up sleeping outside in the streets. Votes: 2

I've teamed up with PetSmart Charities to celebrate the five million homeless pets who've found homes through their in-store adoption centers, and to spread the word about how we can work together to save millions more pets' lives and, ultimately, end pet homelessness. Votes: 2

I have a son, who is a... not an ordinary form of schizophrenia, but clearly, cannot take care of himself. And the great fear of then, of all parents is, when the parents die, who takes care of your child? And the answer is: they become homeless. Votes: 2

I mean, I don't think I'm alone when I look at the homeless person or the bum or the psychotic or the drunk or the drug addict or the criminal and see their baby pictures in my mind's eye. You don't think they were cute like every other baby? Votes: 2

All of us who covered the Reagans agreed that President Reagan was personable and charming, but I'm not so certain he was nice. It's hard for me to think of anyone as 'nice' when I hear him say 'The homeless are homeless because they want to be homeless.' Votes: 2

Most people, if you live in a big city, you see some form of schizophrenia every day, and it's always in the form of someone homeless. 'Look at that guy - he's crazy. He looks dangerous.' Well, he's on the streets because of mental illness. He probably had a job and a home. Votes: 2

We always look at the 'Fortune 500,' and we say, men in power, but we don't look at the glass cellar as opposed to the glass ceiling and say, men also are the homeless, men are also the ones that are the garbage collectors. Men are also the ones dying in construction sites that aren't properly supervised for safety hazards. Votes: 2

I did most of my volunteer work when I was in college because I knew of more ways to get involved. In high school, we'd do things like, there was a homeless shelter near our hometown and our church group decorated one of the rooms. In college, I was in a sorority, and we did a lot of things, like pick up trash on the highway. Votes: 2

When I was 19 years old, both of my parents died in the same year; my mom of cancer and my dad in a car accident. Through the next two or three years and a series of bad decisions - all my own, I might add - I ended up literally homeless, before that was even a word. I even slept occasionally under a pier on the Gulf Coast. Votes: 2

The cause of homelessness is lack of housing. Votes: 1

Chronically homeless means constantly homeless; it means repeatedly homeless. Votes: 1

Above all others I pity the homeless: where can they go to masturbate? Votes: 1

When we know where the hungry, the homeless and the sick exist, then we can help. Votes: 1

Is there a homeless guy built in to the design of Dunkin' Donuts? ...There'll be an entrance here... a deranged lunatic here. Votes: 1

Many foster children have had difficulty making the transition to independent living. Several are homeless, become single parents, commit crimes, or live in poverty. They are also frequent targets of crime. Votes: 1

There is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream, a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought -a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities! Votes: 1

I'm poor, not homeless. Votes: 0

Sniffing glue is a homeless nonbeliever's prayer. Votes: 0

I've been homeless. I've worked at 7-Eleven. Votes: 0

I've been homeless on a few occasions. Votes: 0

unlove's the heavenless hell and the homeless home Votes: 0

You can't ground us. We're homeless," Daphne said. Votes: 0

I cannot forgive a scholar his homeless despondency. Votes: 0

I spent all night feeding the homeless to dogs. Votes: 0

You are better off being homeless than being me. Votes: 0

The home of the homeless all over the earth. Votes: 0

When homeless people go camping, how do they know? Votes: 0

I was 21 and homeless - such a broken, lost woman. Votes: 0

Where do the homeless have 90 per cent of their accidents? Votes: 0

To anyone who is homeless, I say, find a home. Votes: 0

I have always felt a little homeless. It's a strange thing. Votes: 0

These days many politicians are demanding change. Just like homeless people. Votes: 0

What's a pirate minus the ship? just a creative homeless guy Votes: 0

To a homeless man, home is literally where the heart is. Votes: 0

I developed a loyal following. No one knew I was homeless. Votes: 0

I've never seen a homeless guy with a bottle of Gatorade. Votes: 0

The baby Jesus was the last homeless person the Republicans liked. Votes: 0

Our listening creates a sanctuary for the homeless parts within another person. Votes: 0

Poverty. Racism. Isn't it strange, only the homeless are begging for change? Votes: 0

My daughter, dad where do homeless people come from? My answer, everywhere. Votes: 0

We just can't stop people from being homeless if that's their choice. Votes: 0

I often pay homeless people to come round and clean my car. Votes: 0

If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked? Votes: 0

Kill two birds with one stone, feed the homeless to the hungry. Votes: 0

I had to succeed. Failure means I would have to be homeless again. Votes: 0

Importantly, I still give money to homeless people - and all other charities. Votes: 0

People who are homeless are not social inadequates. They are people without homes. Votes: 0

How to arrive unexpectedly and invisibly: show up looking poor, but not homeless. Votes: 0

I'm dating a homeless woman. It was easier talking her into staying over. Votes: 0

All men are not homeless, but some men are home less than others. Votes: 0

Narcissism is as profitable to a model as scruffiness is to a homeless person. Votes: 0

People are not homeless if they're sleeping in the streets of their own hometowns. Votes: 0

You can do some serious subway flirting before you realize the guy is homeless. Votes: 0

Sleep, to the homeless thou art home; the friendless find in thee a friend Votes: 0

Mario you are a great chef but you look like a homeless James Gandolfini. Votes: 0

How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday? Votes: 0

I think the homeless thing is very interesting and I think is an incredible exercise. Votes: 0

I'm the person who stops and gives any homeless person any money that they want. Votes: 0

Our bodies know they belong; it is our minds that make our lives so homeless. Votes: 0

There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless. Votes: 0

Excuse me: I am homeless. I am gay. I have AIDS. I'm new in town. Votes: 0

I grew up with a family that had very little and were at times homeless. Votes: 0

I have donated money to the kids overseas, the open hand project and the homeless. Votes: 0

In June, 2010, I moved out of my apartment and I have been mostly homeless ever since, Votes: 0

Clanless, lawless, homeless is he who is in love with civil war, that brutal ferocious thing. Votes: 0

We do not follow a health and wealth savior. We follow a homeless and wounded Savior. Votes: 0

I'm not telling anyone, 'Quit your job and be homeless to go for your dream.' Votes: 0

I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education. Votes: 0

When people say there is no place like home, the first to agree are the homeless. Votes: 0

No matter how much you give a homeless person for tea... you never get that tea. Votes: 0

Every single thing I go through, I remember I was homeless, and I draw from it! Votes: 0

Respect can be offered and is deserved by a homeless man and so by a president. Votes: 0

Shelter Network's programs and services are a rainbow in the clouds for homeless children and adults. Votes: 0

Look, that homeless guy is sleeping on my face. New York really is where dreams come true. Votes: 0

After all, a homeless man has reason to cry, everything in the world is pointed against him. Votes: 0

And homeless near a thousand homes I stood, And near a thousand tables pined and wanted food. Votes: 0

Home is a notion that only nations of the homeless fully appreciate and only the uprooted comprehend. Votes: 0

To be homeless in America is to live like a fugitive. The destitute are our own native-born "illegals." Votes: 0

I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me. Votes: 0

According to research from punchaguywithglasses.com, homeless people are making as much money as most recent college graduates. Votes: 0

Don't try to drive the homeless into places we find suitable. Help them survive in places they find suitable. Votes: 0

Finally the homeless eel marked its territory, I suppose, and the Doctor lay heavily upon me, moist with sweat. Votes: 0

There are no available men in their thirties in New York. Giuliani had them removed along with the homeless. Votes: 0

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

I grew up homeless, you know, lived in and out of U-Haul trucks and, you know, apartment houses, friends. Votes: 0

We have a thousand points of light for the homeless man. We've got a kinder gentler machine gun hand. Votes: 0

Every Thanksgiving we feed the homeless so they may join us as we celebrate other people finding a home. Votes: 0

The council in Blackpool have given the homeless bus passes, but how would they know where to get off? Votes: 0

Many overlook the fact that Jesus was homeless. He did not only teach the poor; He lived among them. Votes: 0

It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or houses to the homeless. Votes: 0

If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I'd still say no. Votes: 0

I'm homeless, in a funny way. My culture I think is completely rooted in German 19th century music I suppose. Votes: 0

I say, doctors are the profiteers of death and unclaimed cadavers that were once inhabited by homeless and wondering poets! Votes: 0

I always feel a certain sense of reverence in libraries, even small city ones that smell like homeless internet users. Votes: 0

Beware of those who are homeless by choice! You have no hold on human being whose affections are without a top-root! Votes: 0

I'm practically broke and homeless. This fatal city, Antioch, has devoured all my money: this fatal city with its extravagant life. Votes: 0

Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home. Votes: 0

I believe in my cosmetics line. There are plenty of charities for the homeless. Isn't it time someone helped the homely? Votes: 0

Of course money buys happiness. You ever seen a homeless person skip? The answer to that riddle's no. They're not allowed. Votes: 0

A homeless man standing at the off-ramp: the question in these moments isn't whether Jesus is in Him, but in me. Votes: 0

Obviously, I'm not homeless. I'm not an old alcoholic. I'm not jumping trains. I just like to live in a certain way. Votes: 0

Logan couldn't have been more surprised if Satan himself had come up from hell and started ladling soup at a homeless shelter. Votes: 0

In Illinois, community, migrant, homeless and public housing health centers operate 268 primary care sites and serve close to 1 million patients every year. Votes: 0

Today's society is wanting in such a way that Honor, Integrity, Trust, Compassion, Empathy are left for the homeless and their pets. Votes: 0

People give me money and I don't know why, my real collection plate is an empty cup held by a homeless guy. Votes: 0

I am thrice homeless, as a bohemian, as an Austrian, and all over the world, you guessed it right I am Jewish Votes: 0

I am the greatest tennis player. The other players are like coins in my pocket that I give to a homeless man. Votes: 0

We must not allow this generation to produce record numbers for the juvenile justice, runaway and homeless youth, or foster care systems. Votes: 0

My family was actually homeless for several years when I was a kid. It's a bit unusual for a member of Congress. Votes: 0

A brand is built action by action, just as houses are built brick by brick. Is the identity of your personal brand homeless? Votes: 0

While wishing a beautiful snowing for the streets of your city, do not forget also to wish a warm house for the homeless! Votes: 0

Once, my little sister was walking down the street in her thick black glasses, and a homeless man muttered, Talk nerdy to me. Votes: 0

It's so bad being homeless in winter. They should go somewhere warm like the Caribbean where they can eat fresh fish all day. Votes: 0

I have a huge need for financial security; the emigrant in me has a fear of ending up homeless and in the gutter. Votes: 0

For the twenty million Americans who are hungry tonight, for the homeless freezing tonight, literature is as useless as a knowledge of astronomy. Votes: 0

You don't really drive in cabs in L.A. unless you're broke or homeless - or if you're broke and driving the cab. Votes: 0

When white people wear baggy clothing and speak gibberish they're homeless, when black people wear baggy clothing and speak gibberish they're called rappers Votes: 0

Rescuing dogs is looked upon as a noble, trendy pursuit. But wouldn't rescuing a man from a homeless shelter be, in fact, more humane? Votes: 0

During every really creative act, the artist finds himself homeless. To overcome this state he has to call up his last reserves of strength. Votes: 0

I'll tell ya, my wife and I, we don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless, and I donate money to the topless! Votes: 0

I did a gig in the U.S. once for the homeless. I said 'It's nice to see so many bums on seats.' Votes: 0

He wanders, like a day-appearing dream, Through the dim wildernesses of the mind; Through desert woods and tracts, which seem Like ocean, homeless, boundless, unconfined. Votes: 0

Before you ignore another homeless person on the street, just remember that that could be someone's father or someone's mother and they have a story. Votes: 0

Empirically, all pornography is made under conditions of inequality based on sex, overwhelmingly by poor, desperate, homeless, pimped women who were sexually abused as children. Votes: 0

He wanders, like a day-appearing dream,Through the dim wildernesses of the mind; Through desert woods and tracts, which seem Like ocean, homeless, boundless, unconfined." Votes: 0

Adolescents are attracted to tragic heroes. That's why rock stars dress like homeless people. Adolescence is a fall. It's when every child becomes an orphan. Votes: 0

The hungry and the homeless don't care about liberty any more than they care about cultural heritage. To pretend that they do care is cant. Votes: 0

Being homeless is awful, but if you've ever tried to wrestle a duvet cover back onto a comforter you realise it's not without it's benefits. Votes: 0

The only way you can ever accuse a Conservative of hypocrisy is if they walk past a homeless person without kicking him in the face. Votes: 0

Support for shelters and transitional living and housing programs is necessary if we are going to change the landscape for homeless boys and girls in America. Votes: 0

If you see a lonely homeless, ask this question: Where the hell the society is? And here is the answer: It is rotten and enjoying somewhere! Votes: 0

Dear God. Not only am I unemployed and homeless, but I also have a pregnant woman, bereaved dog, elephant, and eleven horses to take care of. Votes: 0

I want to avoid people, because there’s only one thing worse than being homeless, and that’s people who are not, knowing that you are. Votes: 0

Though liberals have portrayed themselves throughout the past several decades as champions of the homeless, they are actually guilty of having created and perpetuated their condition. Votes: 0

Whenever I see a homeless guy, I always run back and give him money, because I think, 'Oh my God, what if that was Jesus?' Votes: 0

I was homeless and I was in San Diego and I started singing in a local coffee shop and people started coming to hear me sing. Votes: 0

Famously sunny Los Angeles has long been known as the homeless capital of America, from beachy communities like Santa Monica and Venice to Skid Row downtown. Votes: 0

To lose our connection with the body is to become spiritually homeless. Without an anchor we float aimlessly, battered by the winds and waves of life Votes: 0

The work my mum does, a lot of it is re-housing homeless people, that's a real job. I play make-believe and dressing up for a living! Votes: 0

Take care of brothers and sisters who are weaker ... the elderly, the sick, the hungry, the homeless and strangers, because we will be judged on this. Votes: 0

A random group of homeless people under a bridge would be far more intellectually sound and principled than anything I've encountered at the university so far. Votes: 0

Watching snowing would be much greater if there were no homeless people! Man can never be fully happy and comfortable till all men become happy and comfortable! Votes: 0

When passerby's ignore homeless people, they don't know if that was a man or woman in uniform previously. They should not be invisible. They cannot be ignored. Votes: 0

On social welfare the Church does so much good around the world - nuns running schools and homeless shelters, priests ministering to people who are in crisis. Votes: 0

A homeless guy came up to me on the street, said he hadn't eaten in four days. I told him, "Man, I wish I had your willpower. Votes: 0

If you ever wanna be motivated, go try and be homeless for a day and that will just light a fire under your butt like none other. Votes: 0

I've had my Charlie Sheen moments, it was usually just at the Mars Bar on the corner of First Avenue with me and a few homeless guys. Votes: 0

I was homeless for a little bit. I was on people's couches, but it was an amazing journey. I got to make people laugh all the way. Votes: 0

I'm always jealous of Johnny Depp's sense of style, but if I tried to get away with a floppy hat and waistcoat, I'd look like a homeless person. Votes: 0

It's not being homeless that matters. It's about who you are. Keep striving and you become somebody. Quit and you also become somebody.. but not the same person. Votes: 0

I told myself when I was broke and homeless that my biggest goal was just to have a house. That goal was achieved. I'm just really, really lucky. Votes: 0

The situation in the film is like me going out to Venice Beach and talking to a homeless guy on the boardwalk, and 13 years later he's the president. Votes: 0

I am thrice homeless, as a native of Bohemia in Austria, as an Austrian among Germans, and as a Jew throughout the world. Everywhere an intruder, never welcomed. Votes: 0

I have an interest in giving people a cathartic experience, and making them look at homeless people differently, and making them question how they judge people, in general. Votes: 0

All these people talking about morality should just take a walk downtown. They don't want to go downtown because instantly they see homeless people and they don't want to. Votes: 0

You never knew what to expect with Ingrid. One minute she could be sawing the locks off Pierpont's freezers; the next, providing shelter for the homeless birds of Switzerland. Votes: 0

Some celebrities like to get behind water conservation or helping the homeless get back on their feet. Me? Body grooming control: that's what I like to step behind 100 percent. Votes: 0

Speaking from my own religious tradition in this Christmas season, 2,000 years ago a homeless woman gave birth to a homeless child in a manger because the inn was full. Votes: 0

I'm still working, I've got two arms, two legs, two gorgeous kids, a lovely wife. Fifteen years ago, I was homeless. So when you think about it, I'm lucky. Votes: 0

The only difference between me and a homeless man is this job. I will do whatever it takes to survive…like I did when I was a homeless man. Votes: 0

Understand who you are, so that you can be the same, whether you're talking to a homeless person or the president of the United States. You're the same person. Votes: 0

From paying off friends' tax bills to rescuing stray dogs and stuffing ú20 notes into the hands of homeless people, I can't get rid of my money fast enough. Votes: 0

I made The Instigator while I was homeless as a result of 9/11, and there was some stuff on there that was really raw and directly out of that experience Votes: 0

Life in a shelter or on the streets puts homeless kids and youth at a higher risk for physical and sexual assault and abuse, physical illness, including HIV/AIDS Votes: 0

From paying off friends' tax bills to rescuing stray dogs and stuffing 拢20 notes into the hands of homeless people, I can't get rid of my money fast enough. Votes: 0

When I was really young. My sister and I would create different characters with our Barbie dolls - I'd be the crazy diva Barbie and she'd be the homeless Barbie. Votes: 0

I always give homeless people money, and my friends yell at me, 'He's only going to buy more alcohol and cigarettes.' And I'm thinking, 'Oh, like I wasn't?' Votes: 0

But my dreaming self refuses to be consoled. It continues to wander, aimless, homeless, alone. It cannot be convinced of its safety by any evidence drawn from my waking life. Votes: 0

Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack. Votes: 0

What does it matter to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? Votes: 0

I lived with my godmother and mother in New Zealand until I was seven. They were both Jungian psychologists and had a homeless shelter for street gang members in New Zealand. Votes: 0

I volunteered at a homeless shelter in preparation for 'Being Flynn,' and when I'm walking along the Bowery, that's the first thing that comes to mind. That's a nice memory. Votes: 0

An Irishman will always soften bad news, so that a major coronary is no more than 'a bad turn' and a near hurricane that leaves thousands homeless is 'good drying weather'. Votes: 0

Most homeless kids are on the streets because they have been forced by circumstances that cause them to think that they are safer there than in any home they once knew. Votes: 0

[On her father, Ronald Reagan:] How do you argue with someone who states that the people who are sleeping on the grates of the streets of America 'are homeless by choice'? Votes: 0

A corporation exists to provide jobs for the community. A corporation exists to make charitable donations to the symphony or the homeless shelter or whatever it is. That's not why businesses exist. Votes: 0

Kids? It's like living with homeless people. They're cute but they just chase you around all day long going, 'Can I have a dollar? I'm missing a shoe! I need a ride! Votes: 0

A corporation exists to provide jobs for the community. A corporation exists to make charitable donations to the symphony or the homeless shelter or whatever it is. That's not why businesses exist. Votes: 0

Ronald Reagan came from show business. His idea of how the government should help the homeless was like your agent. "We'll try to get you work. But don't bug us about it." Votes: 0

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy? Votes: 0

I sit in my loft with the haves and look out at the have-nots - the bottom of the bottom - and I have to rationalize it, ... Am I pushing out the homeless? Votes: 0

When my son was 3 years old - I'll never forget this - there was this homeless guy walking toward us, and my son looked at me, and he said, 'Who's your buddy?' Votes: 0

We saw people sleeping in homeless encampments in Napa Valley and Sonoma. Horrific ones in Watsonville. It's different because you're looking at homelessness and the lack of housing, less than something that's institutionalized. Votes: 0

I extol those who, with loving care and compassionate concern, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and house the homeless. He who notes the sparrow's fall will not be unmindful of such service. Votes: 0

What does it mean to be Catholic and not a Catholic? I feel adrift, homeless. My Catholic imagination allows me to see the soul as a lit breath, seeking the divine. It persists. Votes: 0

I couldn't shake the impulse to help him. It seemed that the older I got the more I believed that everyone, homeless or not, deserved to be treated at least like a human. Votes: 0

For me, I grew up in a house doing charity work for homeless people, and my parents had a lot of homeless friends. We were always taught to not discriminate and not judge. Votes: 0

Jesus never says to the poor: ‘come find the church', but he says to those of us in the church: ‘go into the world and find the poor, hungry, homeless, imprisoned. Votes: 0

A number of studies of homeless youth in big cities put forth a startling statistic: Depending on the study, somewhere between 30 and 40 percent of homeless youths identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Votes: 0

'Death at an Early Age' was about racial segregation in Boston. 'Illiterate America' was about grownups who can't read. 'Rachel and Her Children' was about people who were homeless in the middle of Manhattan. Votes: 0

Death at an Early Age' was about racial segregation in Boston. 'Illiterate America' was about grownups who can't read. 'Rachel and Her Children' was about people who were homeless in the middle of Manhattan. Votes: 0

I respect everyone, from the homeless brother and sister on the street to the executive that sits in the highest office named President Barack Obama. I respect everyone - but we over-respect no one. Votes: 0

With no adequate role to play as consumers, many youth are now considered disposable, forced to inhabit "zones of social abandonment" extending from homeless shelters and bad schools to bulging detention centers and prisons. Votes: 0

Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place where the punk rock kids fed the homeless in the town square. Votes: 0

I started my own foundation. If you aren't familiar with it, it's called 'Febreezing the homeless.' Who would you rather give money to: a man that smells 4like liquiid garbage, or ocean breeze? Votes: 0

You could go out and give a million dollars to a charity tomorrow to help the homeless. You could argue that it is just wasted. They are not putting anything back into the community. Votes: 0

I teach a Bible study for homeless guys in downtown Atlanta every week. Been doing it for years. That's the guys I'd rather go talk to. I'd rather take my act outside the church. Votes: 0

London is like the grave in one respect -- any man can make himself at home there; and whenever a man finds himself homeless elsewhere, he had better either die or go to London. Votes: 0

Staying in a hotel this time. They put me up in a little bit of a shithole. Yeah. Just this side of rinky dink. The first 7 floors are a homeless shelter, but I'm on 8. Votes: 0

Many Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and are only one step away from being homeless. Whether you are white, black, Latino, or Asian, we have to be there to help pick each other up. Votes: 0

Well it's not that I HATE them, but honestly if I saw two homeless people begging for money, one white and one black, and I only had one quarter... Well I'd probably keep it actually. Votes: 0

Why do we tend to consider ourselves happier than homeless street dwellers? If there is no money, no gold, no private property, no marriage, no religion, no government, there is absolutely nothing to trouble about. Votes: 0

To save a life is a real and beautiful thing. To make a home for the homeless, yes, it is a thing that must be good; whatever the world may say, it cannot be wrong. Votes: 0

I've been writing lullabies since the beginning. I kind of did it for myself to help myself fall asleep when I really worried, like when I was homeless and I'd fall asleep in my car. Votes: 0