Nickel And Dimed Quotes

“Once I stand and watch helplessly while some rug rat pulls everything he can reach off the racks, and the thought that abortion is wasted on the unborn must show on my face, because his mother finally tells him to stop.”
― Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

“But apparently you don't need dot-com wealth to ruin an area for its low-income residents. The Pioneer Press quotes Secretary of HUD Andrew Cuomo ruing the "cruel irony" that prosperity is shrinking the stock of affordable housing nationwide: "The stronger the economy, the stronger the upward pressure on rents.”
― Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

“Nickel-and-diming people can cost you a pretty penny.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Values to Live By: Know What Matters Most and Let It Be Your Guide