I’m an economist by training. I don’t really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
BEN STEINIt’s a great stretch for me to do my game show. It’s very hard. It’s not me at all. The only part that’s me is sort of when I’m sitting in the booth looking tormented. That’s the only part that’s the real me.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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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Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
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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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We are mortgaging ourselves to foreigners on a scale that would make George Washington cry. Every day – every single day – we borrow a billion dollars from foreigners to buy petroleum from abroad, often from countries that hate us.
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We in the media are just people with all of people’s faults.
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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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When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
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Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
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I don’t like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don’t think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period.
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And there hasn’t been much progress in Darwinism since [the life of Darwin].
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It’s a great stretch for me to do my game show. It’s very hard. It’s not me at all. The only part that’s me is sort of when I’m sitting in the booth looking tormented. That’s the only part that’s the real me.
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Emperor Sid Caesar is gone to eternity himself now. He takes with him the gratitude of every one of us who first learned the relief of laughter from this genuinely great performer.
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When we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. Myers, talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what to do they were telling them to go to the showers to get gassed.
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Nothing happens by itself… it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.
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If you can’t stand the heat, don’t go to Cancun in the summer.
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