Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.
BEN STEINWhen 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.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
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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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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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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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It’s a lot better to hope than not to.
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Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities.
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I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.
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The real stars are wearing body armor in 130-degree heat . . . They’re getting shot at and they don’t have any stunt doubles standing in for them.
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Put simply, the rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they don’t pay a lot of taxes as a percentage of what they can afford to pay, or as a percentage of what the government needs to close the deficit gap.
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Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
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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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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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My feeling is that Darwinism is only at best a partial solution, and an extremely dangerous partial solution.
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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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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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