Ben Stein on physics
Ben Stein140 quotes“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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When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
Ben SteinBen Stein It’s really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn’t even more fraud. After all, with no God, there’s no one to ever call you to account, and no accounting at all if you can get away with it.
Ben SteinBen Stein The whole thing of being in music is not to control it but to be swept away by it.
Bobby HutchersonBobby Hutcherson What the White House is trying to do is racialize all politics and they’re especially trying to tell the African-American voter that the GOP is against letting them have a chance at a good life in this economy, and that’s just a complete lie.
Ben SteinBen Stein A corporation’s responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed.
Ben SteinBen Stein We in the media are just people with all of people’s faults.
Ben SteinBen Stein Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we’re their most reliable ally, too.
Ben SteinBen Stein Every morning, I get up, get out of bed, and get on my knees and thank God for waking up in America … (She is) the light of the world … A nation of heroes …
Ben SteinBen Stein It’s a lot better to hope than not to.
Ben SteinBen Stein We are the beggars of the world, financing our lavish lifestyle by selling our family heirlooms and by enslaving our progeny with the need to service the debt.
Ben SteinBen Stein 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.
Ben SteinBen Stein Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
Ben SteinBen Stein Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
Ben SteinBen Stein 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 SteinBen Stein If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been fraud, and where you find it, report it to the SEC or write about it or blog about it.
Ben SteinBen Stein If you can’t stand the heat, don’t go to Cancun in the summer.
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The physician treats, but nature heals.
HippocratesHippocrates The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
C. V. RamanC. V. Raman It seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry.
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Pierre Teilhard de ChardinPierre Teilhard de Chardin The problem of evil, that is to say the reconciling of our failures, even the purely physical ones, with creative goodness and creative power, will always remain one of the most disturbing mysteries of the universe for both our hearts and our minds.
Pierre Teilhard de ChardinPierre Teilhard de Chardin I crave and seek a natural explanation of all phenomena upon this earth, but the word ‘natural’ to me implies more than mere chemistry and physics.
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