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.
BEN STEINIf you can’t stand the heat, don’t go to Cancun in the summer.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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I’m out and about meeting people all day long. And I’m very friendly; I talk to just about everybody I meet.
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Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
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I agree that there are some bad apples on Wall Street. I spent about ten years exposing corporate and financial fraud for ‘Barron’s’ magazine and I found a lot to write about.
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It’s a great stretch for me to do my game show. It’s very hard. It’s not me at all. The only part that’s me is sort of when I’m sitting in the booth looking tormented. That’s the only part that’s the real me.
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If there is no God, why bother to tell the truth? Why not steal?
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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 real stars are wearing body armor in 130-degree heat . . . They’re getting shot at and they don’t have any stunt doubles standing in for them.
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I think a snob would be a person who thinks he is entitled; he has good things in his life and is entitled to them.
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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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The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.
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Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
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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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The banks are not lending, at least from what I see. They were so wild and reckless back in the good times that they got burned terribly.
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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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Academic freedom is being lost by a great many people who dare to challenge Darwinism. That’s a terrifying situation. That’s contrary to the principles of science.
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