I think Darwinism as a theory explaining evolution within species is incredibly brilliant – just unbelievably, incredibly brilliant.
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
-
-
As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.
BEN STEIN -
And there hasn’t been much progress in Darwinism since [the life of Darwin].
BEN STEIN -
The poor black people in it make the black people in Gone With the Wind look like Malcolm X.
BEN STEIN -
It means zero to be against greed.
BEN STEIN -
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.
BEN STEIN -
It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.
BEN STEIN -
I’m out and about meeting people all day long. And I’m very friendly; I talk to just about everybody I meet.
BEN STEIN -
I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.
BEN STEIN -
I don’t consider an actor a star if he’s paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they’re not role models.
BEN STEIN -
We are the beggars of the world, financing our lavish lifestyle by selling our family heirlooms and by enslaving our progeny with the need to service the debt.
BEN STEIN -
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.
BEN STEIN -
I hope it won’t come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys.
BEN STEIN -
It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated… it is finished when it surrenders.
BEN STEIN -
I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.
BEN STEIN -
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.
BEN STEIN -
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.
BEN STEIN -
I’m an economist by training. I don’t really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
BEN STEIN -
It’s a great stretch for me to do my game show. It’s very hard. It’s not me at all. The only part that’s me is sort of when I’m sitting in the booth looking tormented. That’s the only part that’s the real me.
BEN STEIN -
It’s really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn’t even more fraud. After all, with no God, there’s no one to ever call you to account, and no accounting at all if you can get away with it.
BEN STEIN -
We are not supposed to be all equal. Let’s just forget that. We are supposed to have equal rights under law. If we do that, we have done enough.
BEN STEIN -
The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is.
BEN STEIN -
If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don’t know what they are. In their eyes is peace.
BEN STEIN -
I cannot tell you … how to be rich. But I can tell you how to feel rich, which is far better, let me tell you firsthand, than being rich. Be grateful… It is the only totally reliable get rich quick scheme.
BEN STEIN -
Darwinism is still very much alive, utterly dominating biology. Despite the fact that no one has ever been able to prove the creation of a single distinct species by Darwinist means, Darwinism dominates the academy and the media.
BEN STEIN -
I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.
BEN STEIN -
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.
BEN STEIN