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.
BEN STEINI love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
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I am back in LA now. And I keep thinking back to my time in New York after the bombings…. I was crying so much I could not see, and the other diners joined in, and I thought, What do you do with such atheistic evil?
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I tell you why I don’t think I will ever vote for a Democrat, if I may say so. Because for me, the number one issue is right to life, and I don’t think the Democrats are very good on the right-to-life issue.
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If there is no God, then man sometimes thinks he is god, and sometimes tries to live like a god.
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The poor black people in it make the black people in Gone With the Wind look like Malcolm X.
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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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It’s about how Darwin ‘s theory – supposedly concocted by this mild-mannered saintly man, with a flowing white beard like Santa Claus – led to the murder of millions of innocent people.
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I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can’t find it in the Constitution, and I don’t like it being shoved down my throat.
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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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And there hasn’t been much progress in Darwinism since [the life of Darwin].
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I feel as if I’m in on a pass and am damn lucky to have whatever I have. It could all be taken away in a second.
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Sleep more at night. If it’s allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You’ll be amazed at how much better you’ll feel.
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It means zero to be against greed.
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I cannot tell you … how to be rich. But I can tell you how to feel rich, which is far better, let me tell you firsthand, than being rich. Be grateful… It is the only totally reliable get rich quick scheme.
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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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