I’m an economist by training. I don’t really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
BEN STEINI 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.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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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Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we’re their most reliable ally, too.
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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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I have talent at playing myself. I don’t have a very broad range, but at playing myself I am a wizard. It’s more than fun; it’s the best job on Earth.
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The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.
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I don’t think Wall Street people in general are smart. I think that’s one of the biggest myths in American lore. They’re tough, aggressive, greedy, quick thinking but I don’t think they’re particularly smart at all.
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I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against.
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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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My feeling is that Darwinism is only at best a partial solution, and an extremely dangerous partial solution.
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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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Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.
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When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
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We are mortgaging ourselves to foreigners on a scale that would make George Washington cry. Every day – every single day – we borrow a billion dollars from foreigners to buy petroleum from abroad, often from countries that hate us.
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I hope it won’t come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys.
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