Ben Stein on media
Ben Stein140 quotes“As to a media personality, well that just happened in large measure because people found me amusing, and I did lots and lots of T.V. news interview shows.”
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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.
Ben SteinBen Stein I am so in love with just lying in bed listening to Mozart.
Ben SteinBen Stein 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.
Ben SteinBen Stein My ‘thing’ is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over Virginia and the sky and the airplanes coming into Reagan. I really love doing that.
Ben SteinBen Stein I think a snob would be a person who thinks he is entitled; he has good things in his life and is entitled to them.
Ben SteinBen Stein If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong.
Ben SteinBen Stein I don’t consider an actor a star if he’s paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they’re not role models.
Ben SteinBen Stein I’m out and about meeting people all day long. And I’m very friendly; I talk to just about everybody I meet.
Ben SteinBen Stein 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.
Ben SteinBen Stein Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now.
Ben SteinBen Stein The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves.
Ben SteinBen Stein It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated… it is finished when it surrenders.
Ben SteinBen Stein If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don’t know what they are. In their eyes is peace.
Ben SteinBen Stein 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.
Ben SteinBen Stein You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.
Ben SteinBen Stein Usually I am not a conspiracy theorist. I don’t believe in the Bilderbergers as a conspiracy or the Trilateralists. But I am certain that the Communists killed JFK. There is a super great book called ‘Legend’ by Edward Jay Epstein that makes it all perfectly clear.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
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You’re living in a matrix that’s driven by social media. It’s become glorified. You’re suppose to be what you portray on social media, thats the perception.
Aeriel MirandaAeriel Miranda Young people know they are being betrayed by he mass electronic media. It caricatures them, caricatures others.
Adrienne RichAdrienne Rich You can have a lot of New York and still see what’s going on in the rest of the world, I think – like in China.
Diana RossDiana Ross I’ve never been damaged or hurt by press. It’s just that I think it’s unfair to use your name in media.
Diana RossDiana Ross That partially due to the world of media and commerce, the idea of a comic book has been lost in the ghetto.
Adrian TomineAdrian Tomine By bringing current events into the classroom, everyday discussion, and social media.
Adora SvitakAdora Svitak We’re used to the characteristics of social media – participation, connection, instant gratification.
Adora SvitakAdora Svitak If the media isnt slanted toward the Left, why is everyone so worried about my affiliation with Glenn Beck but not with Alec Baldwin?
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