Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
BEN STEINI thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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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The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
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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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Humans are alive, therefore life must be complex.
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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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I don’t consider an actor a star if he’s paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they’re not role models.
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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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Could Congress really do its work if it held its sessions by teleconferencing? Could the Supreme Court? Nothing can replace the spark of intelligence that travels from person to person at meetings.
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People getting rich in a free society in general – with some scammy exceptions, which are rare – makes everyone else richer, too.
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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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Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
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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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Prime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.
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Every morning, I get up, get out of bed, and get on my knees and thank God for waking up in America … (She is) the light of the world … A nation of heroes …
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The education system should teach us about money; it’s an incredibly big subject. I run into people all the time that don’t have the first clue of what they should do about money.
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