Ben Stein Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 25, 1944

Topics

FunnyGoodChildrenParentingSimple

I have been unexpectedly confronted with my own mortality as I was told that I had cancer.

Jodi Rell

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I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.

Robert Mankoff

PeopleThinkKnowGoingMost

Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.

Solon

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If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something.

Roger Ebert

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'Blade Runner' is such a unique film. How do you describe a diamond? I don't think you should ever touch it again.

Rutger Hauer

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I type everything on my computer. I carry a writer's notebook everywhere, in case I am struck by an idea. I forget things unless I write them down. I'm planning to learn how to dictate into my cellphone; I think that will be very helpful, too.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case.

Christopher Guest

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Congressmember Weiner has shown just a pattern of reckless behavior, an inability to tell the truth, and what New Yorkers deserve is a mayor with a record of delivering for them, of vision, and a level of maturity and responsibility.

Christine Quinn

TruthVisionResponsibilityMaturity

My mom keeps me grounded and all that. She makes me do chores.

Auli'i Cravalho

MeMomSheGroundedChoresMakes

When I was five years old, my parents gave me a magic chest. I learned to cast spells, although of a childish kind, before I had learned to read and write.

Wolfgang Hildesheimer

ParentsMeMagicKindChildishOld

One has to explain to people that the EU in this form is the answer both to 1945 and to the 21st century, in a dramatically altered world with new heavyweights, and that Germany benefits from the continued integration of Europe in political, economic and societal ways. And, of course, that means the Germans will have to pay.

Peer Steinbruck

PeopleWorldPoliticalNewWillPay

My life revolves around my child's routine.

Shania Twain

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