I think it’s criminal how little people in the military are paid. These are people out risking their lives, taken away from their families for long periods of time. I think they should be paid dramatically more than they’re paid.
BEN STEINI think it’s criminal how little people in the military are paid. These are people out risking their lives, taken away from their families for long periods of time. I think they should be paid dramatically more than they’re paid.
BEN STEINIsrael being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich.
BEN STEINPersonal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
BEN STEINI don’t really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.
BEN STEINPut 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 STEINI spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.
BEN STEINTrying 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 STEINNo one will do it for you.
BEN STEINI 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 STEINI love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.
BEN STEINAfter 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 STEINIf there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?
BEN STEINA corporation’s responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed.
BEN STEINThe 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 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.
BEN STEINI’m not a Mensa member. I have no idea where that rumor came from. I never have been, and I doubt if I ever will be.
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