After all the black man has been through in this world, he can still often reach levels of spirituality the most pampered white man cannot touch. Maybe what he’s been through is the reason why.
BEN STEINThe 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.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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Science leads you to killing people.
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Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured… But not everyone must prove they are a citizen.
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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 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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When are American Jews going to realize that the Republican Party is far better for Israel than the Democrats?
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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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What’s a good investment? Go home from work early and spend the afternoon throwing a ball around with your son.
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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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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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I have always been very diversified, so I have never suffered a catastrophic loss. I spread my money around the way a large institutional investor does. I use different brokerage firms. I manage some of my accounts myself.
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I don’t believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.
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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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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 am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against.
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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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