215 Quotes by Ben Stein

I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it sis my duty ... This is my highest and best use as a human.

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.

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 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 have always been very diversified, so I have never suffered a catastrophic loss. I spread my money around the way a large institutional investor does. I use different brokerage firms. I manage some of my accounts myself...

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

It means zero to be against greed.