Quote of the day
How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture.
Herbert Stein

Born: August 27, 1916
Died: September 8, 1999 (aged 83)
Bio: Herbert Stein was a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and was on the board of contributors of The Wall Street Journal. He was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
Known for:
- The fiscal revolution in America (1969)
- Presidential economics (1984)