The education system should teach us about money; it’s an incredibly big subject. I run into people all the time that don’t have the first clue of what they should do about money.
BEN STEINGreed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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Humans are alive, therefore life must be complex.
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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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Nothing happens by itself… it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.
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The poor black people in it make the black people in Gone With the Wind look like Malcolm X.
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I think it’s criminal how little people in the military are paid. These are people out risking their lives, taken away from their families for long periods of time. I think they should be paid dramatically more than they’re paid.
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I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.
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Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we’re their most reliable ally, 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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If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been fraud, and where you find it, report it to the SEC or write about it or blog about it.
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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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If there’s a recession, I’d buy stocks. That’s when you make money: when markets are spooked.
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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.’
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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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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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