Ben Stein Modern Day Quotes & Sayings

We have a tendency to obscure the forest of simple joys with the trees of problems. — Christiane Collange

If you can look back at your entire life and at the end of the day and say, 'You know? My life was good. I'm pleased with how it all turned out . . . and if I could do it all over again, I'd be happy to' - those people have integrity," Norma told her students. — Erika Hayasaki

Roses are red / Gender is performative / Mass-market romance / Is heteronormative — Stefanie Gray

Judy Blume especially sort of broke the boundaries of what is appropriate and what should be written about - what teenagers are actually doing. — Sara Shepard

A banker who is allowed to borrow money at X and loan it out at X plus Y will just go crazy and do too much of it if the civilization doesn't have rules that prevent it. — Charlie Munger

Boredom is the deadliest poison. — William F. Buckley Jr.

An old Ukrainian proverb warns, "A tale that begins with a beet will end with the devil." That is a risk we have to take. — Tom Robbins

Time is one thing that can never be retrieved. One may lose and regain friends. One may lose and regain money. Opportunity, once spurned, may come again. But the hours that are lost in idleness can never be brought back to be used in gainful pursuits — Winston Churchill

LAVINIA: Oh Edward!
The point is, that since I've been away
I see that I've taken you much too seriously.
And now I can see how absurd you are.
EDWARD: That is a very serious conclusion to have arrived at in ... how many? ... thirty-two hours. — T. S. Eliot

Success is fueled by being persistent and consistent. — Franklin Gillette

He doesn't believe in "the one." There are zillions of people in the world; no one is that special. — Gabrielle Zevin

Tonight I saw the entire truth in his eyes, the panic, the fear, the pain, the desire, and the love. He didn't care if I was too thin, or not thin enough. He didn't see my scars as ugly, he didn't want my face
hidden behind layers of makeup. Jax wanted me as I was, broken, flawed and honest. And never before had I been so utterly consumed and owned as I was by Jax. — Kirsty Dallas