Top 15 Ben Stein Quotes



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.

 

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against.

 

It doesn’t bother me a bit when people say, ‘Merry Christmas’ to me. I don’t think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it.

 

We are not supposed to be all equal. Let’s just forget that. We are supposed to have equal rights under law. If we do that, we have done enough.

 

It’s really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn’t even more fraud. After all, with no God, there’s no one to ever call you to account, and no accounting at all if you can get away with it.

 

It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

 

If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been fraud, and where you find it, report it to the SEC or write about it or blog about it.

 

I don’t really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.

 

My pals, such as they are, in Hollywood, ask me why I love to travel to D.C. so much, why it’s a vacation destination for me. I say, ‘Because I sometimes have perfect days there.’

 

Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.

 

For me, I’ve always believed that there was a God. I’ve always believed that God created the heavens and earth – so, for me it’s not a huge leap from there to intelligent design.

 

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

 

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

 

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

 

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.

 

 

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