I spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.
BEN STEINI spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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I do all of the grocery shopping in my little family. I buy cheese, of many different kinds, sliced packaged meats and poultry, bagels, immense quantities of eggs, pre-made fried chicken. Milk. Bacon. It is insane how much dairy, deli and bakery stuff I buy.
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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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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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As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.
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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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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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My parents, products of the Great Depression, were successful people, but lived in a state of constant fear that my sister and I, and they, would sink into the kind of economic insecurity that their generation knew so well.
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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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The poor black people in it make the black people in Gone With the Wind look like Malcolm X.
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Academic freedom is being lost by a great many people who dare to challenge Darwinism. That’s a terrifying situation. That’s contrary to the principles of science.
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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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The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is.
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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’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 think, there are many people who are much smarter than I am, and many, many, many who are much harder-working than I am, but in terms of the range of my activities, they’re unique.
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