I would say, based on the little I know, Darwinism explains microevolution within species quite well. As to its broader consequence and implications, I don’t think it explains individual species evolution at all well.
BEN STEINWe are mortgaging ourselves to foreigners on a scale that would make George Washington cry. Every day – every single day – we borrow a billion dollars from foreigners to buy petroleum from abroad, often from countries that hate us.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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When we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. Myers, talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what to do they were telling them to go to the showers to get gassed.
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Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
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I hope it won’t come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys.
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You cannot win if you’re not at the table. You have to be where the action is.
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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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I don’t like the sound of all the lists he’s making.
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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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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves.
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Prime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.
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If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?
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I did some reading to prep for Expelled. I read one book cover to cover, From Darwin to Hitler , and that was a very interesting book – one of these rare books I wish had been even longer.
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I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.
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Neo-Darwinists ask us to believe in things not seen. We’re not supposed to have an established religion in America, but we do, and it’s called Darwinism .
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People getting rich in a free society in general – with some scammy exceptions, which are rare – makes everyone else richer, too.
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