Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton

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.

Francis J. Grimke
Francis J. Grimke

A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.

Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen

I began as a journalist for my pocketbook and a poet for my soul.

Jennifer Dunn
Jennifer Dunn

As we have always seen here in the U.S. the universal truth about elections is that people vote their pocketbook.

Jesse Livermore
Jesse Livermore

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.

Judy Sheindlin
Judy Sheindlin

We don't take Sweet'n Lows from restaurants anymore. I don't stuff dinner rolls into my pocketbook.

Kerry Bentivolio
Kerry Bentivolio

A broken transportation system hits Michiganders in the pocketbook. Every year, our friends and neighbors spend millions of dollars on car repairs after driving on crumbling streets.

Linda Sanchez
Linda Sanchez

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.

Lisa Lampanelli
Lisa Lampanelli

I can really serve the audience instead of making this about me and about serving myself and my pocketbook.