The truth is that people who pull triggers are ultimately responsible, whether they're following orders or not. An army of people making individual moral choices may be inefficient, but an army of people ignoring their morality is horrifying. — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
You don't really want an army of people making individual decisions. And I don't think I completely understood that until people gave me examples of what happens when your army takes over your government and it's like, "Oh, yeah, I… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
I want to be heavily tied to a city that I write for every week, that knows my stuff and I can interact with. — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
I never thought to look at the New York Times one, even though I knew people were pissed off. I've seen YouTube videos from… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
When wine drinkers tell me they taste notes of cherries, tobacco and rose petals, usually all I can detect is a whole lot of… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
When Time got rid of my column, I thought it was all over. It was really sad. And then, I just started pushing it… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
I have some idea that if I pick on [boy band] One Direction, I'll get a ton of hate mail, because I know that… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
I don't read "letters" sections of magazines, but I'll read anyone's blog post about me. — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
I've definitely written people e-mails telling them I've loved their stories, but that seems more like a professional journalist thing to do. — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
I can't imagine what someone would write that would infuriate me. Maybe if my loved one had died of some disease and someone was… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
People would ask if I wanted to host things and I was like, "No, I'm a writer, I don't host things." Just thinking I… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
I don't like to be in the forest. It's a weird thing. I've learned to have a general appreciation for nature, which has taken… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
Early on, even in college, I figured out that it was just more interesting to me to create content than to write about other… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
I think I realized that Dave Barry was funnier than I'll ever be, and he made no attempt to make any actual points. He… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
I always thought that being at Time and tweaking your bosses and exploiting your expense account was just fun. Just joyous. — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
I'm not that clued into what people are that touchy about and how many of them there are and how niche these niches are. — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
I can't imagine deer hunting. I used to think I couldn't imagine deer hunting because killing a deer seemed so awful. But now I… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
![“I have some idea that if I pick on [boy band] One Direction, I'll get a ton of hate mail, because I know that when you're 15, you love a band like you will kill people. But I don't quite realize that that's true about people - adults - who read The Hunger Games.” quote by Joel Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ffd/joel-stein-12345_adults_i-have-some-idea-that-if-i-pick-on-boy-b_316616.jpg)
