Ben Stein on parenting
Ben Stein140 quotes“What’s a good investment? Go home from work early and spend the afternoon throwing a ball around with your son.”
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The education system should teach us about money; it’s an incredibly big subject. I run into people all the time that don’t have the first clue of what they should do about money.
Ben SteinBen Stein You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot
Ben SteinBen Stein I have talent at playing myself. I don’t have a very broad range, but at playing myself I am a wizard. It’s more than fun; it’s the best job on Earth.
Ben SteinBen Stein Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich.
Ben SteinBen Stein 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.
Ben SteinBen Stein I have always been very concerned that Darwinism gave the basic okay to terrible racism and to the idea of murder based upon race.
Ben SteinBen Stein 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.
Ben SteinBen Stein Darwinism doesn’t explain where gravity comes from. It doesn’t explain where thermodynamics comes from. It doesn’t explain where the laws of physics come from. It doesn’t explain where matter comes from.
Ben SteinBen Stein 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.
Ben SteinBen Stein After all the black man has been through in this world, he can still often reach levels of spirituality the most pampered white man cannot touch. Maybe what he’s been through is the reason why.
Ben SteinBen Stein Humans are alive, therefore life must be complex.
Ben SteinBen Stein The scientific community says that if you even mention God as causes of anything scientific, you’re gone.
Ben SteinBen Stein I don’t think Wall Street people in general are smart. I think that’s one of the biggest myths in American lore. They’re tough, aggressive, greedy, quick thinking but I don’t think they’re particularly smart at all.
Ben SteinBen Stein I am scared of running out of money.
Ben SteinBen Stein 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.
Ben SteinBen Stein 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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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
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A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves.
BanksyBanksy You go through big chunks of time where you’re just thinking, ‘this is impossible – oh,this is impossible’. And then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible.
Tina FeyTina Fey I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
Barbara BushBarbara Bush My dad was not super-intentional in his parenting. He was very self-absorbed. I won’t say mean or selfish per se, but very self-absorbed. I think he was just thinking out loud.
Angela DuckworthAngela Duckworth But as far as the parenting lesson, no [I understood that]. To me it was so simple, it was a situation where I disciplined my child and it didn’t turn out the way I wanted.
Adrian PetersonAdrian Peterson Censorship is a provided system which caters to lazy parenting, which is publicly-funded and socially accepted.
Adamo MacriAdamo Macri No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.
Abraham VergheseAbraham Verghese Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.
Abraham KaplanAbraham Kaplan
