Amount Quote by Isaac Asimov

Well, I never lived through the Great Depression, sometimes I feel as though I did.

— Kasey Chambers

I've lived through the Great Depression.

— Carl Reiner

My parents, products of the Great Depression, were successful people, but lived in a state of constant fear that my sister and I, and…

— Ben Stein

But if, if you take a look at what would have happened, I mean, do we need to see soup lines down the street…

— Alexi Giannoulias

In the large sense the primary cause of the Great Depression was the war of 1914-1918. Without the war there would have been no…

— Herbert Hoover

Understanding the true causes of the Depression, as well as the real economic record of the United States in the 1930s, is an essential…

— Thomas Woods

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have…

— Sargent Shriver

“The crash did not cause the Depression: that was part of a far broader malaise. What it did was expose the weaknesses that underpinned…

— Lucy Moore

The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of…

— C. L. R. James

If we are to depression-proof our economy we may need to pay more attention to the radical ideas and policies of those who witnessed…

— John McDonnell

“THE "depression" was a blessing in disguise. It reduced the whole world to a new starting point that gives every one a new opportunity.”

— Napoleon Hill

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