A Quote by E. M. Forster

To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it.

E. M. Forster

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Quote Author

E. M. Forster
English - Writer
January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970

A poor man cannot rival the rich in luxury of life, but he can in luxury of knowledge. He cannot furnish his house as the wealthy can, but he can furnish his head. He cannot found a house of note, but he may found a mind of mark. Though some kingdoms may be adorned or afflicted with kings, learning has always been a republic, where all are equal who know.

George Holyoake

The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who cannot afford the real thing.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

...Delay, says Dr. Manner, is a luxury which people with right-now cancers cannot afford.

Paul Harvey

Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.

George William Curtis

I think poor folks are the only people who cannot afford - financially and otherwise - to be sick.

Black Thought

Your mindset matters. If you don't have the mindset of a wealthy person ("How can I afford it?") versus a poor person ("I can't afford it."), you will never achieve wealth.

Robert Kiyosaki

Never say you cannot afford something. That is a poor man's attitude. Ask HOW to afford it.

Robert Kiyosaki

But that's not how most of the people mentioned in this book became wealthy. Most of them became wealthy by being well connected and crooked. And they are creating a society in which they can commit hugely damaging economic crimes with impunity, and in which only children of the wealthy have the opportunity to become successful.

Charles Ferguson

We deny your internationalism, because it is a luxury which only the upper classes can afford.

Benito Mussolini

In a monetary system, most of us live near our work with a house, car, and lifestyle we can afford (or, all too often, cannot afford), rather than the one we prefer. We are only as free as our purchasing power permits. Even many wealthy people today select a residence mainly to impress others with their status. Lacking a true sense of self worth, many live to impress others.

Jacque Fresco

It is not only the people of Gaza that can't afford having a fourth war - all the world cannot afford this.

Federica Mogherini

With the more endowed nations constrained by their own higher technological capacity for self-destruction as well as by self interest, war may have become a luxury that only the poor peoples of this world can afford.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Luxury cannot afford to intimidate.

Priya Sachdev

Well, as you know, there are many things in life that are not fair, that wealthy people can afford and poor people cant. But I dont believe that the Federal Government should take action to try to make these opportunities exactly equal, particularly when there is a moral factor involved.