It’s about how Darwin ‘s theory – supposedly concocted by this mild-mannered saintly man, with a flowing white beard like Santa Claus – led to the murder of millions of innocent people.
BEN STEINI have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated… it is finished when it surrenders.
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Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
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Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
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Wow, bad news. Mr. Obama now hates Israel because the Israelis want to build 1,600 apartments in their own capital city, Jerusalem. Russia hates Israel, too. So do the Europeans. So does Ban Ki-moon, a Korean who is secretary-general of the UN.
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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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Humans are alive, therefore life must be complex.
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Hollywood is largely about scammers and con men. It was my main livelihood for about 25 years, and the scams were beautiful and ugly, cheap and expensive, but, wow, were there a lot of scammers.
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And now, any of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens.
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Prime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.
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