My parents, products of the Great Depression, were successful people, but lived in a state of constant fear that my sister and I, and they, would sink into the kind of economic insecurity that their generation knew so well.
Ben SteinIt is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.
Ben SteinThe education system should teach us about money; it's an incredibly big subject. I run into people all the time that don't have the first clue of what they should do about money.
Ben SteinWhen Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
Ben Stein