When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, Just go to sleep. Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as Ive grown older, Ive realized just how smart Knight was. – Ben Stein
Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows. – Ben Stein
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 people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves. – Ben Stein
Music videos are notoriously long, not fun, grueling. You are known there as a dancer and its kind of sad because dancers, in a lot of ways, are under-appreciated and kind of under-respected when it come to that so they dont necessarily treat you in a nice way when you do a music video. – Jenna Dewan