I think a snob would be a person who thinks he is entitled; he has good things in his life and is entitled to them.
Ben SteinI'd say the main way people get into terrible financial trouble is just to spend too much money relative to their income, and that is an endemic problem in the United States of America, and that's the kind of thing that should be taught about in schools.
Ben SteinThe ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961.
Ben SteinJump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.
Ben Stein