Ben Stein

Science leads you to killing people.

— Ben Stein

It means zero to be against greed.

— Ben Stein

I am scared of running out of money.

— Ben Stein

Humans are alive, therefore life must be complex.

— Ben Stein

No one will do it for you.

— Ben Stein

This is my life. I love it.

— Ben Stein

Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.

— Ben Stein

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

— Ben Stein

The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.

— Ben Stein

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

— Ben Stein

Sometimes when a man recalls the good old days, he's really thinking of his bad young days

— Ben Stein

The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.

— Ben Stein

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

— Ben Stein

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

— Ben Stein

The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.

— Ben Stein

Could Congress really do its work if it held its sessions by teleconferencing? Could the Supreme Court? Nothing can replace the spark…

— Ben Stein

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

— Ben Stein

Hollywood is largely about scammers and con men. It was my main livelihood for about 25 years, and the scams were beautiful…

— Ben Stein

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

— Ben Stein

And now, any of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by…

— Ben Stein

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a…

— Ben Stein

You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to…

— Ben Stein

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

— Ben Stein

People ask how I can be a conservative and still want higher taxes. It makes my head spin, and I guess it…

— Ben Stein

If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition…

— Ben Stein

I did some reading to prep for Expelled. I read one book cover to cover, From Darwin to Hitler , and that…

— Ben Stein

The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap…

— Ben Stein

I'd say the main way people get into terrible financial trouble is just to spend too much money relative to their income,…

— Ben Stein

But when I talk to people who are Darwinists or evolutionists and say, 'Well, how did life begin' -- they're...they don't have…

— Ben Stein

I do all of the grocery shopping in my little family. I buy cheese, of many different kinds, sliced packaged meats and…

— Ben Stein

Usually I am not a conspiracy theorist. I don't believe in the Bilderbergers as a conspiracy or the Trilateralists. But I am…

— Ben Stein

Yes, I spent two long years, traveling all over the United States, all over Europe, interviewing many, many, many people who had…

— Ben Stein

For any exam in history, here is the answer: all human history is the struggle between systems that attempt to shackle the…

— Ben Stein

Every morning, I get up, get out of bed, and get on my knees and thank God for waking up in America…

— Ben Stein

“In sum, capitalism is a thing of beauty. It’s not the same as long ago when heredity and physical strength determined who…

— Ben Stein

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

— Ben Stein

You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot

— Ben Stein

Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities.

— Ben Stein

If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don't know what they are. In their eyes is peace.

— Ben Stein

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

— Ben Stein