Pocketbook Quotes

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook. View quote
Francis James Grimke
The capitalist has no heart, but harpoon him in the pocketbook and you will draw blood. View quote
Bill Haywood
I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values. View quote
Al Sharpton
Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson. View quote
Willie Mays
A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong - not taking the loss - that is what does damage to the pocketbook and to the soul. View quote
Jesse Lauriston Livermore
Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom promised our nation a new political and economic framework. Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal promised security and succor to those in need. But the New Frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises - it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them. It appeals to their pride, not to their pocketbook - it holds out the promise of more sacrifice instead of more security. View quote
John F. Kennedy
As we have always seen here in the U.S. the universal truth about elections is that people vote their pocketbook. View quote
Jennifer Dunn
Latinos are concerned about the same pocketbook issues that matter to most middle class Americans - creating good-paying jobs in this country, making sure our children get a quality education, and ensuring that our families have access to affordable and quality healthcare. View quote
Linda Sanchez