Quotes by Ben Stein

About Ben Stein:

Benjamin Jeremy is an American writer, lawyer, actor, and commentator on political and economic issues. He attained early success as a speechwriter for American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Later, he entered the entertainment field and became an actor, comedian, and Emmy Award-winning game show host.
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Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we're their most reliable ally, too.

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A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed.

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I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it sis my duty ... This is my highest and best use as a human.

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Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.

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If Iran and North Korea, by some horrible, devilish, nightmarish scenario, got together and went to war at the same time, one against Saudi Arabia and one against South Korea, I don't know what we would do about that. I don't know that we could stop ...

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I think it's criminal how little people in the military are paid. These are people out risking their lives, taken away from their families for long periods of time. I think they should be paid dramatically more than they're paid.

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Trying to pick individual stocks is a trap. I can't do it. Warren Buffett can, but hardly anyone else can beat the indexes over a long period of time.

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So, who in the media is without sin among us? I am in the media and I am a major league sinner. I don't know anyone except my wife who isn't a big time sinner.

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I'd say the main way people get into terrible financial trouble is just to spend too much money relative to their income, and that is an endemic problem in the United States of America, and that's the kind of thing that should be taught about in scho...

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I am scared of running out of money.

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If there's a recession, I'd buy stocks. That's when you make money: when markets are spooked.

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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.

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If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don't know what they are. In their eyes is peace.

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When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, 'Just go to sleep.' Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I've grown older, I've realized just how smart Knight was.

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The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.

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If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators.

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People getting rich in a free society in general - with some scammy exceptions, which are rare - makes everyone else richer, too.

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I was a trial lawyer. At the same time, I was a teacher. I taught about the political and social content of film for American University. Then I left and became a teacher at the University of California at Santa Cruz. I taught about the political and...

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Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities.

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Hollywood is largely about scammers and con men. It was my main livelihood for about 25 years, and the scams were beautiful and ugly, cheap and expensive, but, wow, were there a lot of scammers.

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The ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in ...

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Author Bio

  • NameBen Stein
  • DescriptionActor, writer, commentator, lawyer, teacher, humorist
  • BornNovember 25, 1944
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Television Presenter; Lawyer; Writer
  • AwardsDaytime Emmy Award For Outstanding Game Show Host