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… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
Put 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… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
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,… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
Emperor Sid Caesar is gone to eternity himself now. He takes with him the gratitude of every one of us who first learned the… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
I am back in LA now. And I keep thinking back to my time in New York after the bombings.... I was crying so… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
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… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is. — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
It's really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn't even more fraud. After all, with no… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it. — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
And now, any of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
For any exam in history, here is the answer: all human history is the struggle between systems that attempt to shackle the human personality… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
