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.
BEN STEINLove of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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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We are the beggars of the world, financing our lavish lifestyle by selling our family heirlooms and by enslaving our progeny with the need to service the debt.
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The banks are not lending, at least from what I see. They were so wild and reckless back in the good times that they got burned terribly.
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It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.
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The scientific community says that if you even mention God as causes of anything scientific, you’re gone.
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There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere… There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid toward your goals.
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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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If you can’t stand the heat, don’t go to Cancun in the summer.
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I am so in love with just lying in bed listening to Mozart.
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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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Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
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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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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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Americans are terrified because so many of them have been laid off in recent years and months and they fear that they may be next. Even if they have not been laid off or have not known anyone laid off, they definitely know someone who has lost his home.
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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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