I think Darwinism as a theory explaining evolution within species is incredibly brilliant – just unbelievably, incredibly brilliant.
BEN STEINSleep 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.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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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I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against.
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As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.
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Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.
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The poor black people in it make the black people in Gone With the Wind look like Malcolm X.
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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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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong.
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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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If there is no God, then man sometimes thinks he is god, and sometimes tries to live like a god.
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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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When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
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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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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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Trying to pick individual stocks is a trap. I can’t do it. Warren Buffett can, but hardly anyone else can beat the indexes over a long period of time.
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The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.
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