Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we’re their most reliable ally, too.
BEN STEINYou must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
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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.
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If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?
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Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
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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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And now, any of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens.
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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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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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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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I spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.
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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
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Put simply, the rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they don’t pay a lot of taxes as a percentage of what they can afford to pay, or as a percentage of what the government needs to close the deficit gap.
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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.
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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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Neo-Darwinists ask us to believe in things not seen. We’re not supposed to have an established religion in America, but we do, and it’s called Darwinism .
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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.
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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 …
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Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured… But not everyone must prove they are a citizen.
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I’d say the main way people get into terrible financial trouble is just to spend too much money relative to their income, and that is an endemic problem in the United States of America, and that’s the kind of thing that should be taught about in schools.
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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 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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I don’t believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.
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When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
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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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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.
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It’s a lot better to hope than not to.
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