Ben Stein
Ben Stein
Benjamin Jeremy "Ben" Steinis an American writer, lawyer, actor, and commentator on political and economic issues. He attained early success as a speechwriter for American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Later, he entered the entertainment field and became an actor, comedian, and Emmy Award-winning game show host...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth25 November 1944
CountryUnited States of America
life pain real
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.
birthday smart men
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 God, there's no one to ever call you to account, and no accounting at all if you can get away with it.
taken lucky damn
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.
people religion killing
Science leads you to killing people.
jobs years europe
Yes, [I spent] two long years, traveling all over the United States, all over Europe, interviewing many, many, many people who had been thrown out of their academic jobs because they taught that there was a possibility of life coming from something other than Darwinism, who thought that possibly random selection and mutations didn't account for the universe, didn't account for gravity, didn't account for why nobody had ever seen an individual species evolve -- no one's ever seen an individual species evolve!
believe school successful
I don't believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.
jobs fun best-job
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.
moving-on time failure
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.
happiness accomplishment inner-peace
The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
winning tables action
You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is.
people long friendly
I'm out and about meeting people all day long. And I'm very friendly; I talk to just about everybody I meet.
eggs shopping insane
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.
successful reality people
The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is.
thinking belief can-do
You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot