Top 103 Quotes by Ben Stein

About Ben Stein

These are some quotes by American author Ben Stein Actor, who was born on November 25, 1944.

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.

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

People ask how I can be a conservative and still want higher taxes. It makes my head spin, and I guess it shows how old I am. But I thought that conservatives were supposed to like balanced budgets. I thought it was the conservative position to not leave heavy indebtedness to our grandchildren.

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

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

Ben Stein

If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong.

Ben Stein

Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now.

Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now.

Ben Stein

I agree that there are some bad apples on Wall Street. I spent about ten years exposing corporate and financial fraud for 'Barron's' magazine and I found a lot to write about.

I agree that there are some bad apples on Wall Street. I spent about ten years exposing corporate and financial fraud for 'Barron's' magazine and I found a lot to write about.

Ben Stein

You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is.

You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is.

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

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

Ben Stein

If you can't stand the heat, don't go to Cancun in the summer.

If you can't stand the heat, don't go to Cancun in the summer.

Ben Stein

The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.

The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.

Ben Stein

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