Benjamin Carson Quotes

United States, Author
September 18, 1951

Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American politician, author and former neurosurgeon serving as the 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development since 2017, under the Trump Administration. Prior to his cabinet position, he was a candidate for President of the United States in the Republican primaries in 2016.

Also known as Politician, Neurosurgeon

Law officials put their lives on the line every single day for us, and I think we also owe them a degree of respect.

Benjamin Carson
- Law
- Respect
- I Think
I think of success as reaching beyond ourselves and helping other people in specific ways.

Benjamin Carson
- Help
- Success
- Reaching

Maybe that is the best lesson I learned in my first semester at Yale, because if I had gone to a less-demanding school and continued to sail along on the top, I am sure I would never have attained the subsequent achievements in my life.

Benjamin Carson
You need an incredible amount of self-confidence to go digging around in someone's brain.

Benjamin Carson
- Brain
- Self-confidence
We've gotten into this - this mindset of fighting politically correct wars. There is no such thing as a politically correct war. The left, of course, will say Carson doesn't believe in the Geneva Convention, Carson doesn't believe in fighting stupid wars. And - and what we have to remember is we want to utilize the tremendous intellect that we have in the military to win wars.

Benjamin Carson
- Remember
- Fighting
- Win
What do lawyers learn in law school? They learn to win... What we've got to start thinking about is how do we solve problems.

Benjamin Carson
- Learn
- Win
- Lawyers
It's very difficult to speak to a large group of people these days and not offend someone.

Benjamin Carson
- People
- Speak
I like the idea of a proportional tax. That way you pay according to your ability.

Benjamin Carson
- Idea
- Ability
- Tax

Creativity is just learning to do something with a different perspective.

Benjamin Carson
Why should we be letting people smoke their cigars in their comfortable chairs in Raqqa?

Benjamin Carson
- People
- Smoke
- Chairs