Books and other Resources about Ben Stein

>Benjamin Jeremy “Ben” Stein is an American actor, writer, lawyer, and commentator on political and economic issues.  He attained early success as a speechwriter for American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.  Later he entered the entertainment field and became an actor, comedian, and Emmy Award-winning game show host.   Stein has frequently written commentaries on economic, political, and social issues, along with financial advice to individual investors.  While as a character actor he is well-known for his nerdy monotone, in real life he is a public speaker on a wide range of economic and social issues.

Quotes Attributed to Ben Stein:

The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just goout and deal with the world as it is.

A corporation’s responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed.

Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated… it is finished when it surrenders.

It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

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.

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.

So many fail because they don’t get started – they don’t go. They don’t overcome inertia. They don’t begin.

Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.

The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

You cannot win if you’re not at the table. You have to be where the action is.