Ben Stein Quotes

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.

Ben Stein

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Two thirds of a century ago, we were given a national policy. It was made to fit the conditions of the day.

John Bracken

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I have a weird propensity to know what's going to happen in the future.

John Cameron Mitchell

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People are proud of their players.

Joe Torre

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My idea of heaven is not writing.

Stephen Sondheim

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If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance was completely wholesale. The prestigious investment banks on Wall Street appealed exclusively to large corporations, governments, and to extremely wealthy individuals.

Ron Chernow

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You can walk through life believing in the goodness of the world, or walk through life afraid of anyone who thinks different than you and trying to convert them to your way of thinking.

Rosie O'Donnell

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I'm still waiting to hit it big. But there was the moment when I didn't have to work at the restaurant anymore, which is the milestone for every actor. When your job is just to be an actor and not to have to do anything else.

Lizzy Caplan

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A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel.

Jose Marti

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I'm a yes person. I'm too concerned with trying to make too many people happy.

Jorja Fox

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If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women.

Christopher Hampton

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I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write.

Colin Quinn

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I loved playing a dramatic role. There's a side of me a lot of people don't know, and when I do dramatic roles, it just all comes out.

Bow Wow

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