Benjamin Carson Quotes

I do not want to get rid of the safety net, I want to get rid of dependency.

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• I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.

  

  Walter Reisch
  • Death
  • Hate
  • Sleep

• I was very quiet at college and had a certain group of friends.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Friends
  • College
  • Quiet

• Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Want
  • You
  • Words

• My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.

  

  Zosia Mamet
  • Me
  • Talent
  • Taught

• We seem to think we have some control over this planet.

  

  Ralph Steadman
  • Think
  • Control
  • Seem

• When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.

  

  Ilka Chase
  • Trying
  • Fool
  • Said

• I learn my songs by ear.

  

  Kate Smith
  • Learn
  • Songs
  • Ear

• My brother used to say that when you deal with women, it's difficult to remove emotions from an argument. I never really knew what he meant. Then I read an article that said when it comes to emotion and logic, men's and women's brains are different - my brother was right! Women are very mysterious, but that's part of their joy.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Men
  • Different
  • Women

• I feel it is time to lighten up and laugh about things and enjoy ourselves a little bit more.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Up
  • Time
  • Enjoy

• Any time you speak to people about their posture, you learn about their most recent investment activity. When someone just bought stocks, they tend to be bullish; someone who just sold is bearish.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • People
  • Time
  • Learn

• The mystique of the femme fatale cannot be perfectly translated into male terms.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Terms
  • MAle
  • Perfectly

• Colonel Jack Jacobs is a good guy. And I see him on occasion.

  

  Donald Trump
  • Good
  • Guy

• I had done about 60 television shows, from 'Ed Sullivan' to 'The Hollywood Palace,' before I ever went to 'Johnny Carson.' At the time, that was the showcase for comics. And I couldn't believe it.

  

  Albert Brooks
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Done

• We've got to look at waste, fraud, and abuse across the board.

  

  Chuck Fleischmann
  • Abuse

• In films, you will be judged by your last hit or, let's say, your last film.

  

  Dulquer Salmaan

• I guess sci-fi was like my candy growing up. My dad always thought it was important for me to read an hour or two every night. And if I got stuck or didn't want to read, sci-fi was sort of the thing you'd give me to spur me on to read that evening.

  

  Duncan Jones
  • Up
  • Important
  • Night

• Whatever happened to a good pie-in-the-face joke?

  

  Brooke Elliott
  • Good

• I've had four amazing men in my life, very strong, powerful, wonderful men. I certainly will have a relationship with someone but I don't think I will get married again.

  

  Cheryl Tiegs
  • Life
  • Men
  • Strong

• When you look at America and its diversity, it's not a coincidence it's the best country on earth. Subtract that diversity, and it wouldn't be the greatest nation.

  

  Byron Allen
  • Country
  • America
  • Earth

• James Agate, a great critic of the day, advised me that the way to learn your job properly was to learn Shakespeare, so I went to Stratford. It really sorts out the men from the boys.

  

  Donald Sinden
  • Great
  • Men
  • Job

• But I also want to give them a pathway so that they can earn citizenship, earn a legal status, start learning English, pay a significant fine, go to the back of the line, but they can then stay here and they can have the ability to enforce a minimum wage that they're paid, make sure the worker safety laws are available, make sure that they can join a union.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Giving
  • Law
  • Learning

• I like Mercedes because my wife has been in two big accidents and emerged without a scratch, thanks to the safety of these cars.

  

  Nobu Matsuhisa
  • Wife
  • Car
  • Safety

• Maybe it's your obligation to use your celebrity for more than just your new BMW. I use mine to make people smile.

  

  Wendy Williams
  • People
  • Smile
  • Obligation

• I do not want to get rid of the safety net, I want to get rid of dependency.

  

  Benjamin Carson
  • Safety
  • Rid
  • Dependency