Ben Stein
Ben Stein

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

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

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

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

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.

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against.

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

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

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period.

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed.

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

I do all of the grocery shopping in my little family. I buy cheese, of many different kinds, sliced packaged meats and poultry, bagels, immense quantities of eggs, pre-made fried chicken. Milk. Bacon. It is insane how much dairy, deli and bakery stuff I buy.

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

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

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

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.

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

Darwinism doesn't explain where gravity comes from. It doesn't explain where thermodynamics comes from. It doesn't explain where the laws of physics come from. It doesn't explain where matter came from.

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

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
Ben Stein

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

Ben Stein
Ben Stein

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