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 STEINIf you can’t stand the heat, don’t go to Cancun in the summer.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.
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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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You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.
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It means zero to be against greed.
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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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The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
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I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.
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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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Prime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.
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I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.
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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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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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If you can’t stand the heat, don’t go to Cancun in the summer.
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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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I cannot tell you … how to be rich. But I can tell you how to feel rich, which is far better, let me tell you firsthand, than being rich. Be grateful… It is the only totally reliable get rich quick scheme.
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