“While this number puts the economic fragility of America’s families in a new light, the shocking statistic is that nine out of every ten black Americans will encounter poverty during their working adult years.”

“According to a recent poll [...] 94% of Americans agree that "people who work fulltime should be able to earn enough to keep their families out of poverty.”

“Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation.”

“Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation.”

“This, milord, is my family's axe. We have owned it for almost nine hundred years, see. Of course, sometimes it needed a new blade. And sometimes it has required a new handle, new designs on the metalwork, a little refreshing of the ornamentation . . . but is this not the nine hundred-year-old axe of my family? And because it has changed gently over time, it is still a pretty good axe, y'know. Pretty good.”

“A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number.”