Quotes from Ben Stein

I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

Darwinism doesn't explain where gravity comes from. It doesn't explain where thermodynamics comes from. It doesn't explain where the laws of physics come from. It doesn't explain where matter came from.

I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.

People getting rich in a free society in general - with some scammy exceptions, which are rare - makes everyone else richer, too.

It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it.

Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.

Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.

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.

I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution, and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.

I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period.

I mean it used to be, there was a time … when lynchings of African Americans were not that incredibly rare. Now the lynchings are the police and it's just an outrage.

I spend so much time in fear of going broke, and I never have been even remotely close to going broke.

The education system should teach us about money; it's an incredibly big subject. I run into people all the time that don't have the first clue of what they should do about money.

Trying to pick individual stocks is a trap. I can't do it. Warren Buffett can, but hardly anyone else can beat the indexes over a long period of time.

Prime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.

So, who in the media is without sin among us? I am in the media and I am a major league sinner. I don't know anyone except my wife who isn't a big time sinner.

What's a good investment? Go home from work early and spend the afternoon throwing a ball around with your son.

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.

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.

Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.

Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.

Sleep more at night. If it's allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You'll be amazed at how much better you'll feel.

If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been fraud, and where you find it, report it to the SEC or write about it or blog about it.