And there hasn’t been much progress in Darwinism since [the life of Darwin].
BEN STEINI think a snob would be a person who thinks he is entitled; he has good things in his life and is entitled to them.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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Prime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.
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As to a media personality, well that just happened in large measure because people found me amusing, and I did lots and lots of T.V. news interview shows.
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I would say, based on the little I know, Darwinism explains microevolution within species quite well. As to its broader consequence and implications, I don’t think it explains individual species evolution at all well.
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People getting rich in a free society in general – with some scammy exceptions, which are rare – makes everyone else richer, too.
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If there’s a recession, I’d buy stocks. That’s when you make money: when markets are spooked.
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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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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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We are the beggars of the world, financing our lavish lifestyle by selling our family heirlooms and by enslaving our progeny with the need to service the debt.
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But when I talk to people who are Darwinists or evolutionists and say, ‘Well, how did life begin’ – they’re… they don’t have an answer. I mean, they have an answer, but it’s a BS answer. It’s an answer that wouldn’t make sense to a small child.
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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?
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My feeling is that Darwinism is only at best a partial solution, and an extremely dangerous partial solution.
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The American system is the most successful in the world because it harmonizes best with the aims and longings of human personality while allowing the best protection to other personalities.
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Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
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Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.
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Usually I am not a conspiracy theorist. I don’t believe in the Bilderbergers as a conspiracy or the Trilateralists. But I am certain that the Communists killed JFK. There is a super great book called ‘Legend’ by Edward Jay Epstein that makes it all perfectly clear.
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