Ben Stein

I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill. ”

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

Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich. ”

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. ”

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

My parents, products of the Great Depression, were successful people, but lived in a state of constant fear that my sister and I, and they, would sink into the kind of economic insecurity that their generation knew so well. ”

My 'thing' is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over Virginia and the sky and the airplanes coming into Reagan. I really love doing that. ”

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

My pals, such as they are, in Hollywood, ask me why I love to travel to D.C. so much, why it's a vacation destination for me. I say, 'Because I sometimes have perfect days there.' ”

I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed. ”