I feel as if I’m in on a pass and am damn lucky to have whatever I have. It could all be taken away in a second.
BEN STEINI agree that there are some bad apples on Wall Street. I spent about ten years exposing corporate and financial fraud for ‘Barron’s’ magazine and I found a lot to write about.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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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Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.
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I would say, based on the little I know, Darwinism explains microevolution within species quite well. As to its broader consequence and implications, I don’t think it explains individual species evolution at all well.
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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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Darwinism is still very much alive, utterly dominating biology. Despite the fact that no one has ever been able to prove the creation of a single distinct species by Darwinist means, Darwinism dominates the academy and the media.
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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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Science should always be in the business of attempting to disprove itself.
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When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
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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 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 human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
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Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
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As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.
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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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It means zero to be against greed.
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