I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it sis my duty … This is my highest and best use as a human.
BEN STEINI 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.
More Ben Stein Quotes
-
-
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 love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.
BEN STEIN -
I think it’s criminal how little people in the military are paid. These are people out risking their lives, taken away from their families for long periods of time. I think they should be paid dramatically more than they’re paid.
BEN STEIN -
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured… But not everyone must prove they are a citizen.
BEN STEIN -
And there hasn’t been much progress in Darwinism since [the life of Darwin].
BEN STEIN -
Every morning, I get up, get out of bed, and get on my knees and thank God for waking up in America … (She is) the light of the world … A nation of heroes …
BEN STEIN -
Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities.
BEN STEIN -
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.
BEN STEIN -
If you can’t stand the heat, don’t go to Cancun in the summer.
BEN STEIN -
I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.
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 -
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 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 -
Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
BEN STEIN -
I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can’t find it in the Constitution, and I don’t like it being shoved down my throat.
BEN STEIN -
The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves.
BEN STEIN -
Humans are alive, therefore life must be complex.
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 -
The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.
BEN STEIN -
It isn’t the rich people’s fault that poor people are poor. Poor people who get an education and work hard in this country will stop being poor. That should be the goal for all poor people everywhere.
BEN STEIN -
I have always been very concerned that Darwinism gave the basic okay to terrible racism and to the idea of murder based upon race.
BEN STEIN -
I feel as if I’m in on a pass and am damn lucky to have whatever I have. It could all be taken away in a second.
BEN STEIN -
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.
BEN STEIN -
I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?
BEN STEIN -
If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been fraud, and where you find it, report it to the SEC or write about it or blog about it.
BEN STEIN -
If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong.
BEN STEIN