Ben Stein Quotes

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.

No one will do it for you.

Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we're their most reliable ally, too.

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.

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.

The poor black people in it make the black people in Gone With the Wind look like Malcolm X.

I am so in love with just lying in bed listening to Mozart.

When are American Jews going to realize that the Republican Party is far better for Israel than the Democrats?

I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.

Prime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.

I feel as if I'm in on a pass and am damn lucky to have whatever I have. It could all be taken away in a second.

I think Darwinism as a theory explaining evolution within species is incredibly brilliant - just unbelievably, incredibly brilliant.

We in the media are just people with all of people's faults.

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.

So, who in the media is without sin among us? I am in the media and I am a major league sinner. I don't know anyone except my wife who isn't a big time sinner.

When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.

Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.

I'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.

I think a snob would be a person who thinks he is entitled; he has good things in his life and is entitled to them.

I think, there are many people who are much smarter than I am, and many, many, many who are much harder-working than I am, but in terms of the range of my activities, they're unique.

I'm out and about meeting people all day long. And I'm very friendly; I talk to just about everybody I meet.

I have talent at playing myself. I don't have a very broad range, but at playing myself I am a wizard. It's more than fun; it's the best job on Earth.

I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution, and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.

Science should always be in the business of attempting to disprove itself.

Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.

I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.

Humans are alive, therefore life must be complex.

Could Congress really do its work if it held its sessions by teleconferencing? Could the Supreme Court? Nothing can replace the spark of intelligence that travels from person to person at meetings.

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?

If there's a recession, I'd buy stocks. That's when you make money: when markets are spooked.

I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.

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.

I mean it used to be, there was a time … when lynchings of African Americans were not that incredibly rare. Now the lynchings are the police and it's just an outrage.

I'm an economist by training. I don't really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.

After 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.

It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.

People getting rich in a free society in general - with some scammy exceptions, which are rare - makes everyone else richer, too.

I hope it won't come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys.

It means zero to be against greed.

I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.

I spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.

Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.

I don't like the sound of all the lists he's making.

And there hasn't been much progress in Darwinism since [the life of Darwin].

The education system should teach us about money; it's an incredibly big subject. I run into people all the time that don't have the first clue of what they should do about money.

I agree that there are some bad apples on Wall Street. I spent about ten years exposing corporate and financial fraud for 'Barron's' magazine and I found a lot to write about.

Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich.