You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot Ben Stein More Quotes by Ben Stein More Quotes From Ben Stein I am about to vote. I am about to do something that human beings are rarely allowed to do. I am doing something that did not exist until America. Ben Stein votehumansamerica The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy. Ben Stein inner-peaceaccomplishmenthappiness The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is. Ben Stein successfulrealitypeople Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars. Ben Stein starsmotivationaldirty Usually I am not a conspiracy theorist. I don't believe in the Bilderbergers as a conspiracy or the Trilateralists. But I am certain that the Communists killed JFK. There is a super great book called 'Legend' by Edward Jay Epstein that makes it all perfectly clear. Ben Stein legendsbelievebook 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. Ben Stein moving-onfailuretime If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don't know what they are. In their eyes is peace. Ben Stein eyeknowshair We are not supposed to be all equal. Let's just forget that. We are supposed to have equal rights under law. If we do that, we have done enough. Ben Stein donerightslaw My feeling is that Darwinism is only at best a partial solution, and an extremely dangerous partial solution. I would say, based on the little I know, Darwinism explains microevolution within species quite well. As to its broader consequence and implications, I don't think it explains individual species evolution at all well. Ben Stein feelingslittlesthinking I hope it won't come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys. Ben Stein malessurpriseboys It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it. Ben Stein sleepbeautifulamerica People getting rich in a free society in general - with some scammy exceptions, which are rare - makes everyone else richer, too. Ben Stein richexceptionpeople The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves. Ben Stein creditlawpeople We are mortgaging ourselves to foreigners on a scale that would make George Washington cry. Every day - every single day - we borrow a billion dollars from foreigners to buy petroleum from abroad, often from countries that hate us. We are the beggars of the world, financing our lavish lifestyle by selling our family heirlooms and by enslaving our progeny with the need to service the debt. Ben Stein dollarshatecountry If you can't stand the heat, don't go to Cancun in the summer. Ben Stein cancunheatsummer It means zero to be against greed. Ben Stein greedzeromean 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. Ben Stein strangeraskingchildren If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators. Ben Stein upsetwinningtrying Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing. Ben Stein breathinganimalmean 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. Ben Stein devildustmean
