I’m an economist by training. I don’t really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
BEN STEINIf there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don’t know what they are. In their eyes is peace.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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I tell you why I don’t think I will ever vote for a Democrat, if I may say so. Because for me, the number one issue is right to life, and I don’t think the Democrats are very good on the right-to-life issue.
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Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we’re their most reliable ally, too.
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The poor black people in it make the black people in Gone With the Wind look like Malcolm X.
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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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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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It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
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I’m not a Mensa member. I have no idea where that rumor came from. I never have been, and I doubt if I ever will be.
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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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Prime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.
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And now, any of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens.
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I think a snob would be a person who thinks he is entitled; he has good things in his life and is entitled to them.
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I spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.
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I have always been very concerned that Darwinism gave the basic okay to terrible racism and to the idea of murder based upon race.
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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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The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.
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