Don’t let anyone turn you into a slave. You’re a slave if you let the media tell you that sports and entertainment are more important than developing your brain.
BENJAMIN CARSONOur schools too often want to shut people up so they can’t talk about real solutions. People who think differently tend to clam up because they think something is wrong with their ideas.
More Benjamin Carson Quotes
-
-
And I know you’re not supposed to say ‘Nazi Germany,’ but I don’t care about political correctness. You know, you had a government using its tools to intimidate the population. We now live in a society where people are afraid to say what they actually believe.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
The outstanding doctor constantly emphasized the humanitarian aspect of medical care.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
You can read the Constitution all you want, it never says that it is the government’s job and I think where we’ve gotten confused.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
We have to destroy their caliphate because that gives them legitimacy to go ahead with the global Jihad. We have to take their energy because they are – ISIS is the richest terrorist organization there is.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
When I look at the human brain I’m still in awe of it.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don’t sit around and call each other names. That’s what you can find on a third grade playground.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
All we would have to do is be willing to provide them with some weaponry, some defensive weaponry.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
I detest politics, to be honest with you. It’s a cesspool. And I don’t think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don’t believe in political correctness and I certainly don’t believe in dishonesty.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
A good surgeon doesn’t just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you’re doing.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
I don’t know why there is this penchant for snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory, they’ll find some way to destroy themselves. And it is just maddening to see it happening.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
Economics is not brain surgery.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
When I treat other people with kindness and love, it is part of my way of paying my debt to God and the world for the privilege of living on this planet.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God’s sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
When we feed our fourteen billion brain cells with information that will enrich us and help others, we are really learning to Think Big.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
The doors of the world are opened to people who can read.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
You can’t allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, ‘Merry Christmas?’ Give me a break. If people don’t like it, yeah, they can go do something else.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
An important verity about knowledge is that the brain works most effectively with consciously retained information. We more easily remember what we want to recall later.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
If we would spend on education half the amount of money that we currently lavish on sports and entertainment, we could provide complete and free education for every student in this country.
BENJAMIN CARSON -
We have much more in common with other people than we have apart.
BENJAMIN CARSON