#me

If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ↗

— Ben Stein

#dust #fools #god #hit #i

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 I've grown older, I've realized just how smart Knight was. ↗

— Ben Stein

#dr #father #go #grown #how

Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing. ↗

— Ben Stein

#animal #basic #being #breathing #eating

Sleep more at night. If it's allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You'll be amazed at how much better you'll feel. ↗

— Ben Stein

#allowed #amazed #better #feel #home

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

— Ben Stein

#how #map #somewhere

The ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961. ↗

— Ben Stein

#american #as far as #average #capabilities #compared

Americans are terrified because so many of them have been laid off in recent years and months and they fear that they may be next. Even if they have not been laid off or have not known anyone laid off, they definitely know someone who has lost his home. ↗

— Ben Stein

#because #been #definitely #even #fear

As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative. ↗

— Ben Stein

#becoming #beverly #beverly hills #conservative #hills

It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it. ↗

— Ben Stein

#beautiful #cannot #get #glorious #great

It means zero to be against greed. ↗

— Ben Stein

#greed #means #zero