Ben Stein

It isn't the rich people's fault that poor people are poor. Poor people who get an education and work hard in this country will stop being poor. That should be the goal for all poor people everywhere. ”

For me, I've always believed that there was a God. I've always believed that God created the heavens and earth - so, for me it's not a huge leap from there to intelligent design. ”

The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind. ”

We are not supposed to be all equal. Let's just forget that. We are supposed to have equal rights under law. If we do that, we have done enough. ”

I have a great pic of my father and Rev. Graham laughing hysterically at some joke with George Pratt Shultz looking on back in 1972 or so. ”

The banks are not lending, at least from what I see. They were so wild and reckless back in the good times that they got burned terribly. ”

Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities. ”

I agree that there are some bad apples on Wall Street. I spent about ten years exposing corporate and financial fraud for 'Barron's' magazine and I found a lot to write about. ”

If there's a recession, I'd buy stocks. That's when you make money: when markets are spooked. ”

I'd say the main way people get into terrible financial trouble is just to spend too much money relative to their income, and that is an endemic problem in the United States of America, and that's the kind of thing that should be taught about in schools. ”