I’m an economist by training. I don’t really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
BEN STEINThe real stars are wearing body armor in 130-degree heat . . . They’re getting shot at and they don’t have any stunt doubles standing in for them.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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.
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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.’
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My feeling is that Darwinism is only at best a partial solution, and an extremely dangerous partial solution.
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Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
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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.
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It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.
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I have always been very concerned that Darwinism gave the basic okay to terrible racism and to the idea of murder based upon race.
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And now, any of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens.
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What’s a good investment? Go home from work early and spend the afternoon throwing a ball around with your son.
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The American system is the most successful in the world because it harmonizes best with the aims and longings of human personality while allowing the best protection to other personalities.
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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.
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As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.
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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
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Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
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Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we’re their most reliable ally, too.
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