Quotes from Ben 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.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... But not everyone must prove they are a citizen.

It's a lot better to hope than not to.

Now, although my life is still pleasant, the days of easy money are over.

If Iran and North Korea, by some horrible, devilish, nightmarish scenario, got together and went to war at the same time, one against Saudi Arabia and one against South Korea, I don't know what we would do about that. I don't know that we could stop them short of using nuclear weapons.

You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is.

Neo-Darwinists ask us to believe in things not seen. We're not supposed to have an established religion in America, but we do, and it's called Darwinism .

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.

Science leads you to killing people.

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

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.

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.

You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.

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

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.

The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is.

The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.

If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators.

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.

Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.

Humans are alive, therefore life must be complex.

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

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 do all of the grocery shopping in my little family. I buy cheese, of many different kinds, sliced packaged meats and poultry, bagels, immense quantities of eggs, pre-made fried chicken. Milk. Bacon. It is insane how much dairy, deli and bakery stuff I buy.