Great Quote by Richard M. DeVos

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

My roots were pretty far removed from high income. It's interesting to be back there at the level of income I have now, at…

— Morgan Freeman

On both sides of my family, my grandparents grew up in total poverty and came to California during the Great Depression. The only way…

— Katie Hill

In the Great Depression in which I grew up and remember vividly, unemployment was over 25 percent, and over 35 percent where I lived.…

— Jimmy Carter

When I was born, the economy wasn't in a great state; it was the Depression, and my father had to be quick to try…

— Clint Eastwood

We were growing up in West Virginia. Everybody was poor there in the southern part of the state. It was like growing up in…

— Anonymous

My grandfather was a wealthy and respected merchant in Montclair, New Jersey, where I was born. But his estate was wiped out in the…

— John C. Bogle

My father's money vanished in the Great Depression, and he had trouble keeping a job.

— John C. Bogle

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

Our town was not very wealthy, it is a humble place, and my mom and dad didn't have much money. They were always working,…

— Alex Pereira

My father had a couple of kids at the beginning of the Depression. There was not much employment. Not much welfare. People barely got…

— Clint Eastwood

As a young man, I lived through the Great Depression, when banks failed and so many lost their jobs and homes and went hungry.…

— James E. Faust