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Ben Stein
Ben Stein
American Actor
Born: Nov 25, 1944
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Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn't the least bit funny. Ben Stein
Funny Good Parenting Experience Simple Tears Pure Bit Point Over Abuse Crushing Disastrous Least Child Child Abuse Grades Screaming Children
Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars. Ben Stein
Face Fall Stars Dirty Reach Reach For The Stars Jump Get Hands Middle Flat Then Your Things
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 Stein
Time People Long Military Think Criminal Dramatically Out More Risking Long Periods Taken Periods How Families Than Little Should Little People Paid Away Lives
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. Ben Stein
God Tired People Believe Think Sick Sick And Tired Pushed Like Period Around Getting Being Who Jew Christians
It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders. Ben Stein
Life Will Finished Inevitable Defeat Enter Some Spirit Never Most Human Victorious Even Human Spirit Defeated
The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy. Ben Stein
Needs Be Happy Happy Achieve Spirit Triumph Accomplish Human Human Spirit
I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago. Ben Stein
Life You Old My Life Few Tell Seems Never Days Were Anticipated Getting Just Fast
People ask how I can be a conservative and still want higher taxes. It makes my head spin, and I guess it shows how old I am. But I thought that conservatives were supposed to like balanced budgets. I thought it was the conservative position to not leave heavy indebtedness to our grandchildren. Ben Stein
People Conservative Old Thought Conservatives Guess Our Spin Higher Higher Taxes Head Like Supposed Budgets Balanced Makes How Am Still Leave Were Heavy Want Grandchildren Taxes Ask Shows Position
Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows. Ben Stein
Life Success Achievement Soil Real Life Relationships Advancement Real Fertile Personal Personal Relationships Which Grows
Usually I am not a conspiracy theorist. I don't believe in the Bilderbergers as a conspiracy or the Trilateralists. But I am certain that the Communists killed JFK. There is a super great book called 'Legend' by Edward Jay Epstein that makes it all perfectly clear. Ben Stein
Great Book Conspiracy Legend Believe Great Book Super Clear Perfectly Perfectly Clear Makes Am Edward Certain Jay Communists Theorist
If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. Ben Stein
God Fools Devil Whatever Dust Take Wrong Lightning Hit Just Mean Spark Us Why Why Not Right
Sleep makes people calmer, more alert, less fearful - just plain happier, or so I see around me and in me. I am sure that if this great nation were to concentrate on getting more sleep, we would be a happier, more confident people, and that by itself would be a major achievement. Ben Stein
Great Me Achievement People Fear Nation Would Would-Be See Fearful Great Nation More Major Concentrate Sure Around Makes Am Were Itself Getting Confident Just Happier Plain Less Alert Sleep
When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, 'Just go to sleep.' Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I've grown older, I've realized just how smart Knight was. Ben Stein
Sad Smart Father Thought Advice Older Say Kids Would Silly Seemed Knight Like Learned How Go Just Quote Realized Then Grown Dr Sleep
Now, although my life is still pleasant, the days of easy money are over. Ben Stein
Life Money My Life Pleasant Easy Over Days Although Still Now
Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now. Ben Stein
Home Try Car Loan Those Trucks Well Still Doing Yes Get American Just Businesses Now Credit
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 Stein
Home Fear Lost Months Definitely Someone Know Known Terrified Because Been His Years Off American May Anyone Laid Them Next Who Many Even Recent Recent Years
We in the media are just people with all of people's faults. Ben Stein
People Faults Just Media
Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing. Ben Stein
Nature Animal Greed Nothing Eating Part Like Being Against Breathing Means Basic
If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been fraud, and where you find it, report it to the SEC or write about it or blog about it. Ben Stein
Work Finance You Fight Evil Reading Corporate Has-Been Fraud Find See About Write Industry Blog Been Report Get Where Want SEC
Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities. Ben Stein
Women Men Men And Women Endeavor Field Find Ability Because Matches Succeed Interests
The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves. Ben Stein
Obligations People Law Amazing Sold Pension Bought Mortgage Unto Insurance Did Short Just Swap Them Themselves Then Who Credit Default Funds
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 Stein
Rich Jews Pretty Glee Mass Israel Condemned Were Years Years Ago Being Which EU Watched
I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God. Ben Stein
God Me History You Thought Thank You Sacrifices Blessings Devolved Thank Mankind Whole
This is my life. I love it. Ben Stein
Life Love My Life
My 'thing' is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over Virginia and the sky and the airplanes coming into Reagan. I really love doing that. Ben Stein
Love Lie Sky Virginia Airplane Immense Out Window Over Look Bed Reagan Coming Doing Just Really Skyline Thing
If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal? Ben Stein
Truth God Tell Steal Bother Why Why Bother Why Not
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