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Ben Carson is 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon. Explore interesting quotes on use.
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“When someone is being particularly mean and nasty, I simply think to myself, He or she used to be a cute little baby, I wonder what happened?”

Ben Carson

Source: One Nation (2014), Ch. 2: 'Political Correctness'

“Knowledge make us valuable. When we have knowledge that other people do not readily have, somebody need us. It does not matter what we look like, or where we came from, if we have something that others have a need for.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 212

“God loves us all, and all of us are equal in God's sight.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 56

“You know Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery, and it is in a way, it is slavery in a way, because it is making all of us subservient to the government, and it was never about health care. It was about control.”

Ben Carson

As quoted in "Ben Carson: Obamacare worst thing ‘since slavery’" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/10/11/ben-carson-obamacare-worst-thing-since-slavery/, Washington Post (October 11, 2013)

“Every time I open a child's head and see a brain, I marvel at the mystery: This is what makes every one of us who we are. This is what hold all our memories, all our thoughts, all our dreams. This is what makes us different from each other in millions of ways.”

Ben Carson

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 234

“I want people to understand that we, the American people, are not each other's enemies. The real enemies are those people who are trying to divide us into every little possible group.”

Ben Carson

"Dr. Ben Carson: ‘We, The American People, Are Not Each Other’s Enemies’" http://www.cnsnews.com/video/newsbusters/dr-ben-carson-we-american-people-are-not-each-other-s-enemies, CNS News (May 21, 2014)

“Surrendering to fear and allowing ourselves to be paralyzed by peril isn't something most of us can afford to do.”

Ben Carson

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 63

“You never know how useful even seemingly insignificant knowledge can be.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 212

“The greatest and most valuable resources we have for making crucial decision are knowledge and the amazing brainpower God gave human beings when he created us. That's certainly true for deciding our best response to any risk we ever face.”

Ben Carson

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 64

“If your priority is to look good in front of people, your life will take a different direction than if your priority is to use the talents that God has given you to make a positive difference in the world.”

Ben Carson

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 118

“The wonderful thing about a company like Mannatech is that they recognize that when God made us, He gave us the right fuel. And that fuel was the right kind of healthy food. You know we live in a society that is very sophisticated, and sometimes we’re not able to achieve the original diet. And we have to alter our diet to fit our lifestyle. Many of the natural things are not included in our diet. Basically what the company is doing is trying to find a way to restore natural diet as a medicine or as a mechanism for maintaining health.”

Ben Carson

As quoted in "Ben Carson’s Troubling Connection" http://www.nationalreview.com/article/396193/ben-carsons-troubling-connection-jim-geraghty, National Review (January 12, 2015)

“Use PMA: Positive Mental Attitude.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 151