215 Quotes by Ben Stein

I think it's criminal how little people in the military are paid. These are people out risking their lives, taken away from their families for long periods of time. I think they should be paid dramatically more than they're paid.

I have always been very concerned that Darwinism gave the basic okay to terrible racism and to the idea of murder based upon race.

We are not supposed to be all equal. Let's just forget that. We are supposed to have equal rights under law. If we do that, we have done enough.

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

I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.

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.

Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.

We're a lazy, undisciplined generation. I don't exempt myself: I spend way too much, even though I make a good income.