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.’
BEN STEINFaith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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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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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If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?
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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 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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The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves.
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You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.
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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.
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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 spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.
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I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.
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We are not supposed to be all equal. Let’s just forget that. We are supposed to have equal rights under law. If we do that, we have done enough.
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If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don’t know what they are. In their eyes is peace.
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The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.
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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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