Born Quote by Ann Richards

I grew up in the heart of the Depression.

— Bob Cousy

I was a Depression kid, growing up in Oklahoma.

— James Garner

Well over fifty years ago I was making radio loudspeakers and radio sets in Rochester, New York; pretty young and inexperienced; but we survived…

— Stuart Symington

My parents were born in 1906 and 1907. I think the experience of the Depression greatly influenced the way they thought about the world.

— Janet Yellen

My dad came out of the Roosevelt era and the Depression. One person and one party made a difference in his life. That's what…

— Richard M. Daley

I've lived through the Great Depression.

— Carl Reiner

Radio was my lifeline as a kid growing up in Winnipeg in the 1950s. It connected me with the wider world outside our little…

— Randy Bachman

I was born and raised during Depression Years when we were on County relief and we all went out and we hustled. we worked.…

— Liberace

My mother lived through the Great Depression. Her family of 11 children pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and moved to wherever there was…

— Chuck Norris

I learned the power of radio watching Eleanor Roosevelt do her show. I used to go up to Hyde Park and hold her papers.…

— Allen Funt

I started radio in 1950 on the Lone Ranger radio program, a dramatic show that emanated from Detroit when I was 18 years old…

— Casey Kasem

For some reason I am one of those people who act like they were born and raised during the Depression.

— Kirstie Alley