The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
BEN STEINThe 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.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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.
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Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.
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My parents, products of the Great Depression, were successful people, but lived in a state of constant fear that my sister and I, and they, would sink into the kind of economic insecurity that their generation knew so well.
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I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.
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And there hasn’t been much progress in Darwinism since [the life of Darwin].
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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 hope it won’t come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys.
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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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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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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.
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Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.
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No one will do it for you.
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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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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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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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