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.
BEN STEINI am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?
More Ben Stein Quotes
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When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
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The ordinary American – as far as I can tell – knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961.
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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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Darwinism is still very much alive, utterly dominating biology. Despite the fact that no one has ever been able to prove the creation of a single distinct species by Darwinist means, Darwinism dominates the academy and the media.
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I think, there are many people who are much smarter than I am, and many, many, many who are much harder-working than I am, but in terms of the range of my activities, they’re unique.
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It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
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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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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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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.
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I don’t consider an actor a star if he’s paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they’re not role models.
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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.
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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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I am about to vote. I am about to do something that human beings are rarely allowed to do. I am doing something that did not exist until America.
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Usually I am not a conspiracy theorist. I don’t believe in the Bilderbergers as a conspiracy or the Trilateralists. But I am certain that the Communists killed JFK. There is a super great book called ‘Legend’ by Edward Jay Epstein that makes it all perfectly clear.
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I don’t believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.
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