It doesn’t bother me a bit when people say, ‘Merry Christmas’ to me. I don’t think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it.
BEN STEINScience leads you to killing people.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child’s tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It’s not funny and it’s not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn’t the least bit funny.
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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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Trying to pick individual stocks is a trap. I can’t do it. Warren Buffett can, but hardly anyone else can beat the indexes over a long period of time.
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Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.
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The scientific community says that if you even mention God as causes of anything scientific, you’re gone.
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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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I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.
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You cannot win if you’re not at the table. You have to be where the action is.
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I would say, based on the little I know, Darwinism explains microevolution within species quite well. As to its broader consequence and implications, I don’t think it explains individual species evolution at all well.
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It’s a lot better to hope than not to.
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I agree that there are some bad apples on Wall Street. I spent about ten years exposing corporate and financial fraud for ‘Barron’s’ magazine and I found a lot to write about.
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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.
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I am so in love with just lying in bed listening to Mozart.
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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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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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