Humans are alive, therefore life must be complex.
BEN STEINI 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.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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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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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Emperor Sid Caesar is gone to eternity himself now. He takes with him the gratitude of every one of us who first learned the relief of laughter from this genuinely great performer.
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Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.
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If there is no God, then man sometimes thinks he is god, and sometimes tries to live like a god.
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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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Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now.
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I think Darwinism as a theory explaining evolution within species is incredibly brilliant – just unbelievably, incredibly brilliant.
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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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I tell you why I don’t think I will ever vote for a Democrat, if I may say so. Because for me, the number one issue is right to life, and I don’t think the Democrats are very good on the right-to-life issue.
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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.
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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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Science leads you to killing people.
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I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago.
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When we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. Myers, talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what to do they were telling them to go to the showers to get gassed.
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I am scared of running out of money.
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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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I am so in love with just lying in bed listening to Mozart.
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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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You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot
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Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities.
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I’m out and about meeting people all day long. And I’m very friendly; I talk to just about everybody I meet.
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The ordinary American – as far as I can tell – knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961.
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People getting rich in a free society in general – with some scammy exceptions, which are rare – makes everyone else richer, too.
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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.
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If there’s a recession, I’d buy stocks. That’s when you make money: when markets are spooked.
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