“I grew up in the 1930s Great Depression when many families struggled to make ends meet, and in an area where old-fashioned… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
I grew up in the Great Depression, and the jazz artists and Dixieland musicians were at the core of our communications and… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
The Great Depression was going on, so that the station and the streets teemed with homeless people, just as they do today.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Making money in the markets is tough. The brilliant trader and investor Bernard Baruch put it well when he said, “If you… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“There is only one historical development that has real significance. Today, when we finally realise that the keys to happiness are in… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Milwaukee used to be flush with good jobs. But throughout the second half of the twentieth century, bosses in search of cheap… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African-American congressmen, how did… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
There may be a recession in stock prices, but not anything in the nature of a crash. — Irving Fisher Copy Share Image
World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man. — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“General Gerardo Machado always had an eye for the ladies and enjoyed partying at the swankiest nightclubs in Havana. For a time… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
That is why every president since the Great Depression who came before the American people asking for a second term could look… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
You could argue that Barack Obama faced in '08 a situation as bad as any president since the Great Depression. What Obama… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
I got a job in advertising. So even though I was writing, I was always supporting myself. That's the thing that would… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
I know that some poor immigrants from that era had unrealistic expectations and were disappointed, but I don't think my grandparents were… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
These long-run worries, there's an element of truth to them, but I think frankly the fears are exaggerated. — James K. Glassman Copy Share Image
Jesse Owen was bigger than a black hero, he was an American hero. For me, I looked at it from that perspective.… — Stephan James Copy Share Image
“The first thought of writing this book came to me two years ago after I had driven through the mining district of… — Edwin Muir Copy Share Image
“AA spread like wildfire through a country desperate for hope at the end of Prohibition and in the midst of the Great… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“When I was young I wanted to be just like him. One of the charm, of a bright orange smile and muscular… — Larsen Bowker Copy Share Image
I can't dismiss my roots as a kid growing up during the Great Depression in the ordinary midwestern town of Grand Rapids,… — Richard M. DeVos Copy Share Image
In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it. — S. Truett Cathy Copy Share Image
“After all, Malthus was wrong. Marx was wrong. Democracy did not die during the Great Depression as the Communists predicted. And Khrushchev… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
Our whole Depression was brought on by gambling, not in the stock market alone but in expanding and borrowing and going in… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“I go back to the union man and say, “Sir, this is a house of God, not a proper place for a… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
