“A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American baseball player, manager, coach
Florida workers getting $5000 checks from BP -- but will it be enough? http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/nation/florida-workers-getting-5-000-checks-from-bp-733821.html, Palm Beach Post (June 8, 2010) <br class="br">2010, 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill (April 2010)
“A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American baseball player, manager, coach
Frank W. Abagnale (1948) American security consultant, former confidence trickster, check forger, impostor, and escape artist
Variant: I stole every nickel, dime and dollar and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes and other sensual goodies. I partied in every capital in Europe and bask on all the worlds most famous beaches.
Source: Catch Me if You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake, 2002, Ch.1 Pg.4(a), Ch.1 Pg. 11(b),Back cover(c), Ch.6 Pg.116(d)
“If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes. This is a tough business.”
Chuck Hagel (1946) United States Secretary of Defense
Asking his fellow Senators to support a joint resolution opposing President George W. Bush's troop deployment plan, Hagel Ponders White House Run As War Criticism Raises His Profile, The Washington Post, 26 January 2007, 2007-01-29 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/25/AR2007012502086_2.html, <br class="br">2007
“Tough times never last, but tough people do. ”
Robert H. Schuller (1926–2015) American television evangelist
Ross Thomas (1926–1995) 1926-1995 American writer
Cast a Yellow Shadow (1967)
Ian Bremmer (1969) American political scientist
"The West Should Fear the Growth of State Capitalism," http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/7883061/The-West-should-fear-the-growth-of-state-capitalism-Ian-Bremmer.html The Daily Telegraph (July 10, 2010).