I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it sis my duty … This is my highest and best use as a human.
BEN STEINI 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.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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Put simply, the rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they don’t pay a lot of taxes as a percentage of what they can afford to pay, or as a percentage of what the government needs to close the deficit gap.
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Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.
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I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.
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It’s about how Darwin ‘s theory – supposedly concocted by this mild-mannered saintly man, with a flowing white beard like Santa Claus – led to the murder of millions of innocent people.
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Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
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When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, ‘Just go to sleep.’ Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I’ve grown older, I’ve realized just how smart Knight was.
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The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.
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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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We in the media are just people with all of people’s faults.
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If there’s a recession, I’d buy stocks. That’s when you make money: when markets are spooked.
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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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I’m an economist by training. I don’t really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
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I do all of the grocery shopping in my little family. I buy cheese, of many different kinds, sliced packaged meats and poultry, bagels, immense quantities of eggs, pre-made fried chicken. Milk. Bacon. It is insane how much dairy, deli and bakery stuff I buy.
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