45 Quotes by Andrew Tobias

It's very nice to be able to be who you are.

There's no question young drivers have far more accidents than older ones-but is it our aim to keep them off the roads? Or to allow only rich young people (who can afford the premiums) to drive?

Still, most people don't have much money. So finding ways to come out a couple of thousand dollars ahead every year still matters.

Summers are the best. And I figured summer was my best time for meeting someone, too, because in the summer people are looking for someone to snuggle up with for the winter. And because in the summer I could take off my shirt.

Rule of thumb: The more trimmings an insurance plan has and the harder someone is pitching it, the faster you should run.

The industry cannot long offer unneeded or overpriced insurance if people will not buy it.

The first life insurance societies where formed in England in the years between 1692 and 1720. In America, life insurance became available to the clergy through the Presbyterian Ministers Fund, founded in 1759(still in existence), and the Episcopal Corporation, founded ten years later (subsequently merged).

In short: Readily available low-cost life insurance would be a threat to the industry, and whatever threatens the life insurance industry threatens America.

Life insurance is a commodity.