Poorism Quotes & Sayings

If you could replace high-school yearbooks, that could be a lot of money. It's so clearly waiting for someone to come along. — Paul Graham

The most fun lies in seeing and studying the unknown. — Aldo Leopold

The global phenomenon of poverty tourism - or 'poorism' - has become increasingly popular during the past few years. Tourists pay to be guided through the favelas of Brazil and the shantytowns of South Africa. The recently opened Los Angeles Gang Tour carries visitors through battle-scarred territories of urban violence and deprivation. — Leslie Jamison

Everything is scary if you look at it. So you just got to live. — Mary J. Blige

When you feel good, everything around you is good, when everything around you is great, everything makes you happy. You are loving everything that is around you, because you are loving yourself. — Miguel Angel Ruiz

I figured a woman can't be understood the way a man can. Women have purposes men can't even imagine. — Craig Davidson

From a very early age, I knew I wanted to be Carl Denham. — Richard Stanley

I once owned a really, really ugly pair of white leather boots. They were so bad. It was back in the '80s! It was just a really tacky fashion choice when I was in middle school, and I thought it was cool. I'm really embarrassed. — Jordana Brewster

Good debt is a powerful tool, but bad debt can kill you. — Robert Kiyosaki

Prosperity demands of us more prudence and moderation than adversity. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Heavy fog is a weird guide! If you go on a journey with him, it takes you from nowhere and leaves you at nowhere! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

And then I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to China in 1980, which was quite early. — John Pomfret

The cliche is that life is a mountain. You go up, reach the top and then go down. — Jeanne Moreau

Our society is so caught up in winning, we forget that most of the great men and women in history have, at one time or another, failed at something. Often repeatedly, and discouragingly. But each failure is nothing more than a brick in the wall that forms the foundation of our success. We can't forget that. — Carleton Young

I'd begun at the soundless place where California touches Mexico with five Gatorade bottles full of water and eleven pounds of gear and lots of candy. My backpack was tiny, no bigger than a schoolgirl's knapsack. Everything I carried was everything I had. — Aspen Matis