Quotes about short-changed (9 Quotes)


    The American people saw unforgettably how federal, state, and local governments failed the people of New Orleans just three weeks ago. What the American people don't realize is how they've all been short-changed for the past three years. Minorities are much more affected by kidney failure than whites. There's a dialysis boom on Indian reservations.



    Even after 911, when their life-saving role became clear, employers have dragged their feet on raising wages to a mostly African-American workforce. Four years after 911, the real estate industry has short-changed security officers, undermined the safety of their own buildings and jeopardized the well-being of the entire city.

    Realize that when you get older, you either get senile or become gracious. There's no in-between. You become senile when you think the world short-changed you, or everybody wakes up to screw you. You become gracious when you realize that you have something the world needs, and people are happy to see you when you come into the room.



    I just don't want to see them get short-changed. I felt like they were short-changed a little bit last year. I'm just glad to be in this spot. I'm happy for the kids and I'm glad to see the student and community support it means a lot to them.

    In the past, some members of Congress have short-changed troops, disaster victims, and taxpayers by including self-serving pork projects in emergency spending bills,

    I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never short-changed our audience, but it became something that you had to work at rather than something that was a pleasure.



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