Being Broke Quotes

I got tired and embarrassed by the constant poverty of those years. I told Doug [ Brinkley] this is really going to be a horrible downer of a book [The Proud Highway] if all it's going to be is about being broke. I didn't like being reminded of desperation at all times.

I didnt have any knowledge of the music industry when I first got to L.A., and I really didnt know on a creative level what I wanted to sound like, so I had to do a lot of experimenting. It led to a spiral of depression and being broke.

The most popular rap artists aren't supposed to be rapping about being broke.

The truth is few people “think” big and even fewer “play” big. Why? Because “big” often means big responsibilitie s, big hassles and big problems. They look at that “bigness” and shrink. They’re smaller than their problems. They back away from challenges. Ironically, they back themselves into the biggest problem of all ... being broke, or close to it.

There's something so romantic about being broke in New York. You gotta do it. You have to live there once without any money, and then you have to live there when you have money. Let me tell you, of the two, the latter is far better.

Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.

It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it's probably because God has more pieces to work with.

The best thing that ever happened to me is that nothing happened in writing. I ended up working for engineering companies, and that's where I found my material, in the everyday struggle between capitalism and grace. Being broke and tired, you don't come home your best self.

Aloneness is a state of being, whereas loneliness is a state of feeling. It's like the difference between being broke and being poor.

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

Anybody can be going from being broke to being wealthy, as I did.

Poverty isn't being broke; poverty is never having enough.

There is a difference between being poor and being broke. Broke is temporary, and poor is eternal.

There's only one requirement for enjoying God's grace: being broke . . . and knowing it.

Lack of money is the root of of all evil.

The only excuse for being broke is being in Jail.

Learn all you can, don't be lazy. Nothing's worse than being stupid. Being broke is bad, but being stupid is what's really bad. And what's really really bad is being broke and stupid. Nothing's much worse than that. Unless you're sick. Sick, broke and stupid, that’s about as far as you can fall unless you're ugly. Surely that would be the ultimate; ugly, sick, broke and stupid.

Being broke is a joke, I never found it funny / That's why I count my blessings / As much as I count my money...

Being broke is against my religion.

I am scared of being broke and famous. I think that would be the biggest curse.

There is a difference between broke and being poor. Being broke is a temporary economic condition, but being poor is a disabling frame of mind and a depressed condition of your spirit, and you must vow to never, ever be poor again.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

Poor is a state of mind. Broke is a state of wallet. You can fix being broke; it's not so easy to fix being poor.

Most Christians pray to be blessed. Few pray to be broken.

Losing the future is the best thing that ever happened to me.

Knots Landing is the best thing that ever happened to me.

She's no lady. Her songs are all unbelievably unhappy or lewd. It's called Blues. She sings about sore feet, sexual relations, baked goods, killing your lover, being broke, men called Daddy, women who dress like men, working, praying for rain. Jail and trains. Whiskey and morphine. She tells stories between verses and everyone in the place shouts out how true it all is.

I had so many beliefs against being a singer or what it takes. There was a lot of pain associated with that. The rejection of it all. I lived in a rejection state of mind. Not because of my voice; the mike never rejected me. It was harboring all those bad memories of being broke. It teaches you your worth. Nothing good comes from that.

The hardest part was when I was in high school not having a job and always being broke. I had to get to auditions without a car. I either took the bus or walked.

I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation.

The real excitement is playing the game.

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

Being broke is a very efficient educational agency.

Being sectioned was the best thing that ever happened to me.

A kid asked me for advise about getting into entertainment? I said you better know how to be happy being broke!

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.