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
If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators. – Ben Stein
If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I dont know what they are. In their eyes is peace. – Ben Stein
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. – Ben Stein
No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good ones sentiments may be, if one have not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, ones character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. With good intentions, hell proverbially is paved. – William James