This is perhaps the main lesson of this whole experience. It is basic but still unlearned: human beings must have savings. This is not just a good idea. It’s the difference between life and death, terror and calm. So start saving right now, and don’t stop until you die.
— Ben Stein, “You Don’t Always Know […]

What is the one bold stroke through which you can help out the entire nation and at the same time make yourself feel empowered?  Simple:  Collect as many credit cards as you can, and max them out.
— Ben Stein, How to Ruin Your Financial Life

With money you can give gifts to charities, build shelters for animals, send food to the starving, erect dwellings for the homeless, and give money to your relatives.  In other words, with money … you can not only do well, but do good.
— Ben Stein, How to Ruin Your Financial Life

Living in debt is nerve-wracking, insomnia-producing, and family-wrecking. Just don’t do it. There is nothing you can buy that feels as good as being in debt feels bad.
— Ben Stein