Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
BEN STEINEmperor Sid Caesar is gone to eternity himself now. He takes with him the gratitude of every one of us who first learned the relief of laughter from this genuinely great performer.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.
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And there hasn’t been much progress in Darwinism since [the life of Darwin].
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Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
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Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured… But not everyone must prove they are a citizen.
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When are American Jews going to realize that the Republican Party is far better for Israel than the Democrats?
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Darwinism doesn’t explain where gravity comes from. It doesn’t explain where thermodynamics comes from. It doesn’t explain where the laws of physics come from. It doesn’t explain where matter comes from.
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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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Science should always be in the business of attempting to disprove itself.
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I don’t think Wall Street people in general are smart. I think that’s one of the biggest myths in American lore. They’re tough, aggressive, greedy, quick thinking but I don’t think they’re particularly smart at all.
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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.
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We in the media are just people with all of people’s faults.
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The scientific community says that if you even mention God as causes of anything scientific, you’re gone.
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After all the black man has been through in this world, he can still often reach levels of spirituality the most pampered white man cannot touch. Maybe what he’s been through is the reason why.
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I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against.
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I have talent at playing myself. I don’t have a very broad range, but at playing myself I am a wizard. It’s more than fun; it’s the best job on Earth.
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