Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the childs tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. Its not funny and its not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isnt the least bit funny. – Ben Stein
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. – Ben Stein
Sleep more at night. If its allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. Youll be amazed at how much better youll feel. – Ben Stein
I dont 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
Some of us are interested in directors, but really the vast majority of us are interested in actors. You experience the films through the actors, so theyre all locked into your imagination in some kind of layer of fantasy or hatred or wherever they settle into your imagination. – Danny Boyle
Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable – a most sacred right – a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. – Abraham Lincoln