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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

Nothing happens by itself… it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.
BEN STEIN

Exertion Responsibility Way
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.
BEN STEIN

Gratitude Laughter relief
I’ve never liked the idea of just having an office in a college somewhere and teaching classes and going to the library and doing research all day. I’ve never wanted that. The glamorous life is the life that appeals to me.
BEN STEIN

Class College Teaching
I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.
BEN STEIN

Inquiry Lines Scientist
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

Grateful Gratitude Rich
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.
BEN STEIN

Beautiful Men Years
After all the black man has been through in this world, he can still often reach levels of spirituality the most pampered white man cannot touch. Maybe what he’s been through is the reason why.
BEN STEIN

Black Man Men White
Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
BEN STEIN

Life Motivational Relationship
No one will do it for you.
BEN STEIN

Action Just One Yourself
When are American Jews going to realize that the Republican Party is far better for Israel than the Democrats?
BEN STEIN

Country Party Realizing
And there hasn’t been much progress in Darwinism since [the life of Darwin].
BEN STEIN

Much Progress Since
Academic freedom is being lost by a great many people who dare to challenge Darwinism. That’s a terrifying situation. That’s contrary to the principles of science.
BEN STEIN

Academic Challenges Freedom People
If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?
BEN STEIN

God Stealing Telling Truth
I think Darwinism as a theory explaining evolution within species is incredibly brilliant – just unbelievably, incredibly brilliant.
BEN STEIN

Brilliant Evolution Thinking
Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
BEN STEIN

Believe Faith Knowing
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

Credit Law People

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.

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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.

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