But when I talk to people who are Darwinists or evolutionists and say, ‘Well, how did life begin’ – they’re… they don’t have an answer. I mean, they have an answer, but it’s a BS answer. It’s an answer that wouldn’t make sense to a small child.
BEN STEINIf there is no God, then man sometimes thinks he is god, and sometimes tries to live like a god.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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I’m out and about meeting people all day long. And I’m very friendly; I talk to just about everybody I meet.
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The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.
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Sleep more at night. If it’s allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You’ll be amazed at how much better you’ll feel.
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Israel being condemned by the EU, which 66 years ago watched with glee as its Jews were being mass murdered. That is pretty rich.
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And there hasn’t been much progress in Darwinism since [the life of Darwin].
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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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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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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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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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It isn’t the rich people’s fault that poor people are poor. Poor people who get an education and work hard in this country will stop being poor. That should be the goal for all poor people everywhere.
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Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
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For me, I’ve always believed that there was a God. I’ve always believed that God created the heavens and earth – so, for me it’s not a huge leap from there to intelligent design.
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Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.
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Prime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.
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Evolutionism as taught by Darwinism has nothing to say about how life originated. Has nothing to say about how the governing principles in the universe, gravity, thermodynamics, motion, how those originated. It’s got some gigantic missing pieces.
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I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can’t find it in the Constitution, and I don’t like it being shoved down my throat.
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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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I don’t really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.
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Usually I am not a conspiracy theorist. I don’t believe in the Bilderbergers as a conspiracy or the Trilateralists. But I am certain that the Communists killed JFK. There is a super great book called ‘Legend’ by Edward Jay Epstein that makes it all perfectly clear.
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When 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.
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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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As to a media personality, well that just happened in large measure because people found me amusing, and I did lots and lots of T.V. news interview shows.
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Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.
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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
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I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.
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I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.
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