I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.
BEN STEINI 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.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now.
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Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.
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The American system is the most successful in the world because it harmonizes best with the aims and longings of human personality while allowing the best protection to other personalities.
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You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot
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It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
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Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child’s tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It’s not funny and it’s not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn’t the least bit funny.
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong.
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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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If there’s a recession, I’d buy stocks. That’s when you make money: when markets are spooked.
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Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
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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.
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I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can’t find it in the Constitution, and I don’t like it being shoved down my throat.
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Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
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Prime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.
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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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