I am back in LA now. And I keep thinking back to my time in New York after the bombings…. I was crying so much I could not see, and the other diners joined in, and I thought, What do you do with such atheistic evil?
BEN STEINAs to a media personality, well that just happened in large measure because people found me amusing, and I did lots and lots of T.V. news interview shows.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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Humans are alive, therefore life must be complex.
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I did some reading to prep for Expelled. I read one book cover to cover, From Darwin to Hitler , and that was a very interesting book – one of these rare books I wish had been even longer.
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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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My feeling is that Darwinism is only at best a partial solution, and an extremely dangerous partial solution.
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I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?
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Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
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Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.
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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 we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. Myers, talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what to do they were telling them to go to the showers to get gassed.
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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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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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The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is.
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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 thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.
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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 there is no God, then man sometimes thinks he is god, and sometimes tries to live like a god.
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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
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I don’t like the sound of all the lists he’s making.
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If you can’t stand the heat, don’t go to Cancun in the summer.
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It isn’t the rich people’s fault that poor people are poor. Poor people who get an education and work hard in this country will stop being poor. That should be the goal for all poor people everywhere.
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The real stars are wearing body armor in 130-degree heat . . . They’re getting shot at and they don’t have any stunt doubles standing in for them.
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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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If there’s a recession, I’d buy stocks. That’s when you make money: when markets are spooked.
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Sleep more at night. If it’s allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You’ll be amazed at how much better you’ll feel.
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I would say, based on the little I know, Darwinism explains microevolution within species quite well. As to its broader consequence and implications, I don’t think it explains individual species evolution at all well.
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Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
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