The banks are not lending, at least from what I see. They were so wild and reckless back in the good times that they got burned terribly.
BEN STEINI 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.
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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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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No one will do it for you.
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I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.
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If you can’t stand the heat, don’t go to Cancun in the summer.
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What’s a good investment? Go home from work early and spend the afternoon throwing a ball around with your son.
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Hollywood is largely about scammers and con men. It was my main livelihood for about 25 years, and the scams were beautiful and ugly, cheap and expensive, but, wow, were there a lot of scammers.
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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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Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
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The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.
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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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The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.
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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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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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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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