#thing

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

— Ben Stein

#face #fall #flat #get #hands

You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement. ↗

— Ben Stein

#done #effort #everything #first #first step

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. ↗

— Ben Stein

#corporation #doing #employees #everything #get

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

I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want? ↗

— Ben Stein

#am #anything #buy #comfortable #comfortable life

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

— Ben Stein

#first #first step #getting #life #out

On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love. ↗

— Edith Stein

#commandment #else #end #every #everything

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you completely in anything. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#anything #completely #disillusionment #ever #finding

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#bad #bad luck #boasting #conviction #deepest

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#dangerous #everything #frightening #how #nothing