Quotes from Ben Carson

The babies had been successfully anesthetized after only a few hours, a complex procedure because of their shared blood vessels.

Wisdom is essentially the same thing as common sense, the slight difference is that common sense provides the ability to react appropriately, while wisdom is frequently more proactive and additionally encourages the shaping of the environment.

We need to start evaluating people based on their abilities and not on their sex or other congenital characteristics.

Because he believed in my ability, I was able to believe in it as well.

or not they plan to keep the baby. They

Godliness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. PROVERBS 14:34

Both parents came from big families: my mother had 23 siblings, and my father grew up with 13 brothers and sisters. They married when my father was 28 and my mother was 13. Many years later she confided that she was looking for a way to get out of a desperate home situation.

Those who love to talk will experience the consequences, for the tongue can kill or nourish life. PROVERBS 18:21

It's not what you know but the kind of job you do that makes the difference.

It's all in God's hands. That's where it's always been.

It's time for voters to reject politicians of both parties who continue to jeopardize the financial future of our nation. These people must be replaced with individuals who understand how to balance a budget and reduce our debt by stimulating growth and implementing financial restraint.

Freedom cannot last long without education, because an uneducated populace is likely to be duped by tyrants. An educated populace cannot be easily manipulated and is the foundation of a strong society.

Rather than trying to control or confiscate guns, it might be smarter to offer free, public gun-safety courses. In countries like Switzerland, every man within a certain age range is required to possess a gun and to know how to use it, and Switzerland has one of the lowest gun homicide rates in the world.

Our founders were committed to a belief in the importance of life and liberty, and we must fight to see those rights extended to our children still in the womb.

heredity, but personal response is the final determining factor in our lives. And herein lies our area

try to inspire them to consider the power and implications of such potential. I tell them that no computer network on earth can come close to the capacity of the average human brain. This resource that each one of us has is a tremendous gift from God—the most complex organ system in the entire universe.

Then let's use this incredible tool God has given us to assess the risks that we face every day. We have the means to analyze risks and decide which are worth taking and which should be avoided. Do you have a brain? Then use it. That's the secret. That's my simple but powerful prescription for life, love, and success in a dangerous world.

Compromise is most likely when both parties respect each other no matter how much they disagree. In stressful situations where you need a consensus, respect sometimes means saying nothing and refraining from name-calling even when irritated.

When I was young, I thought classical music was only the background noise for cartoons.

We want to make decisions based on facts. Many people do not. They make their decisions based on what their momma says or what their daddy says or what their political party says — without engaging their brains.

Capitalism is a system that works extremely well for someone who is highly motivated and very energetic, but it is not a great system for someone who is not interested in working hard or for someone who feels no need to contribute to the economic well-being of their community.

THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM

It mattered not what color your skin was on the outside, but rather what the condition was of your heart and mind inside.

guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.