I don’t like the sound of all the lists he’s making.
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I think it’s criminal how little people in the military are paid. These are people out risking their lives, taken away from their families for long periods of time. I think they should be paid dramatically more than they’re paid.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.
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When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, ‘Just go to sleep.’ Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I’ve grown older, I’ve realized just how smart Knight was.
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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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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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Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
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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 always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.
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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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When we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. Myers, talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what to do they were telling them to go to the showers to get gassed.
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