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.
BEN STEINWe 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.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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Wow, bad news. Mr. Obama now hates Israel because the Israelis want to build 1,600 apartments in their own capital city, Jerusalem. Russia hates Israel, too. So do the Europeans. So does Ban Ki-moon, a Korean who is secretary-general of the UN.
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Sleep more at night. If it’s allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You’ll be amazed at how much better you’ll feel.
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Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose – not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember.
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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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When are American Jews going to realize that the Republican Party is far better for Israel than the Democrats?
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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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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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The scientific community says that if you even mention God as causes of anything scientific, you’re gone.
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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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As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.
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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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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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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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Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
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