I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.
BEN STEINI don’t believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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 schools.
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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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Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
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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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It isn’t the rich people’s fault that poor people are poor. Poor people who get an education and work hard in this country will stop being poor. That should be the goal for all poor people everywhere.
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I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?
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When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
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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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If there is no God, then man sometimes thinks he is god, and sometimes tries to live like a god.
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Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured… But not everyone must prove they are a citizen.
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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 first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.
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Wow, bad news. Mr. Obama now hates Israel because the Israelis want to build 1,600 apartments in their own capital city, Jerusalem. Russia hates Israel, too. So do the Europeans. So does Ban Ki-moon, a Korean who is secretary-general of the UN.
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I spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.
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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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