I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.
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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The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.
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I think, there are many people who are much smarter than I am, and many, many, many who are much harder-working than I am, but in terms of the range of my activities, they’re unique.
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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.
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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.
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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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I don’t like the sound of all the lists he’s making.
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Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
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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.
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It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.
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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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I am about to vote. I am about to do something that human beings are rarely allowed to do. I am doing something that did not exist until America.
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My ‘thing’ is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over Virginia and the sky and the airplanes coming into Reagan. I really love doing that.
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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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I did some reading to prep for Expelled. I read one book cover to cover, From Darwin to Hitler , and that was a very interesting book – one of these rare books I wish had been even longer.
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You cannot win if you’re not at the table. You have to be where the action is.
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