Everything is disproportionately expensive. The average investment portfolio is down 15%. Wages are stagnant at best. And that’s the good news. But fret not, we’ve been down this road before and the voices of the past have something humorous to say about it —

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“Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.” — Sam Ewing (1949-), former baseball player for the Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays

“We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules.” — Buzzie Bavasi (1914-2008), baseball executive

“Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.” — Helen Gurley Brown (1922-2012), Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief for 32 years

“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit” — George Carlin (1937-2008), comedian, actor, author, and social critic

“If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.” — Earl Wilson (1907-1987), author and nationally syndicated columnist

“Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the ‘gotta have it’ scale.” — Zig Ziglar (1926-2012), author and motivational speaker

“The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.” — Peter Ustinov (1921-2004), British actor, filmmaker and writer

“There were times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.” — Spencer Tracy (1900-1967), one of the biggest stars from Hollywood’s Golden Age

“If inflation continues to soar, you’re going to have to work like a dog just to live like one.” — George Gobel (1919-1991), comedian and actor