The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
BEN STEINIf there’s a recession, I’d buy stocks. That’s when you make money: when markets are spooked.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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I think, there are many people who are much smarter than I am, and many, many, many who are much harder-working than I am, but in terms of the range of my activities, they’re unique.
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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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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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Evolutionism as taught by Darwinism has nothing to say about how life originated. Has nothing to say about how the governing principles in the universe, gravity, thermodynamics, motion, how those originated. It’s got some gigantic missing pieces.
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It doesn’t bother me a bit when people say, ‘Merry Christmas’ to me. I don’t think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it.
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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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Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich.
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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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It’s a great stretch for me to do my game show. It’s very hard. It’s not me at all. The only part that’s me is sort of when I’m sitting in the booth looking tormented. That’s the only part that’s the real me.
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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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The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.
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For me, I’ve always believed that there was a God. I’ve always believed that God created the heavens and earth – so, for me it’s not a huge leap from there to intelligent design.
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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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Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.
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Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
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