Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now.
BEN STEINScience should always be in the business of attempting to disprove itself.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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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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My pals, such as they are, in Hollywood, ask me why I love to travel to D.C. so much, why it’s a vacation destination for me. I say, ‘Because I sometimes have perfect days there.’
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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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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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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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When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
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Every morning, I get up, get out of bed, and get on my knees and thank God for waking up in America … (She is) the light of the world … A nation of heroes …
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It isn’t the rich people’s fault that poor people are poor. Poor people who get an education and work hard in this country will stop being poor. That should be the goal for all poor people everywhere.
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Nothing happens by itself… it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.
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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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Hollywood is largely about scammers and con men. It was my main livelihood for about 25 years, and the scams were beautiful and ugly, cheap and expensive, but, wow, were there a lot of scammers.
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I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.
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A corporation’s responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed.
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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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I do all of the grocery shopping in my little family. I buy cheese, of many different kinds, sliced packaged meats and poultry, bagels, immense quantities of eggs, pre-made fried chicken. Milk. Bacon. It is insane how much dairy, deli and bakery stuff I buy.
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