So, who in the media is without sin among us? I am in the media and I am a major league sinner. I don’t know anyone except my wife who isn’t a big time sinner.
BEN STEINPolitics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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We in the media are just people with all of people’s faults.
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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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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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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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I don’t really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.
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Neo-Darwinists ask us to believe in things not seen. We’re not supposed to have an established religion in America, but we do, and it’s called Darwinism .
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I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago.
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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, 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 came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it sis my duty … This is my highest and best use as a human.
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Trying to pick individual stocks is a trap. I can’t do it. Warren Buffett can, but hardly anyone else can beat the indexes over a long period of time.
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Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
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If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?
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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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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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I’ve never liked the idea of just having an office in a college somewhere and teaching classes and going to the library and doing research all day. I’ve never wanted that. The glamorous life is the life that appeals to me.
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I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.
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Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
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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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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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Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
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I don’t think Wall Street people in general are smart. I think that’s one of the biggest myths in American lore. They’re tough, aggressive, greedy, quick thinking but I don’t think they’re particularly smart at all.
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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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Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
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I don’t like the sound of all the lists he’s making.
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The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.
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