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.
BEN STEIN
BEN STEIN
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Ben Stein140 quotes“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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If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?
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Ben SteinBen Stein It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Ben SteinBen Stein Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.
Ben SteinBen Stein My pals, such as they are, in Hollywood, ask me why I love to travel to D.C. so much, why it’s a vacation destination for me. I say, ‘Because I sometimes have perfect days there.’
Ben SteinBen Stein What’s a good investment? Go home from work early and spend the afternoon throwing a ball around with your son.
Ben SteinBen Stein Americans are terrified because so many of them have been laid off in recent years and months and they fear that they may be next. Even if they have not been laid off or have not known anyone laid off, they definitely know someone who has lost his home.
Ben SteinBen Stein Put simply, the rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they don’t pay a lot of taxes as a percentage of what they can afford to pay, or as a percentage of what the government needs to close the deficit gap.
Ben SteinBen Stein It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.
Ben SteinBen Stein I don’t like the sound of all the lists he’s making.
Ben SteinBen Stein If there’s a recession, I’d buy stocks. That’s when you make money: when markets are spooked.
Ben SteinBen Stein 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.
Ben SteinBen Stein The banks are not lending, at least from what I see. They were so wild and reckless back in the good times that they got burned terribly.
Ben SteinBen Stein 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.
Ben SteinBen Stein The real stars are wearing body armor in 130-degree heat . . . They’re getting shot at and they don’t have any stunt doubles standing in for them.
Ben SteinBen Stein I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.
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