We live in a country that used to have a can-do attitude, and now we have a 'what-can-you-do-for-me?' attitude, and what I try to do is find ways that we can develop common ground.

— Ben Carson

We should be concerned not only about the health of individual patients, but also the health of our entire society.

— Ben Carson

When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys. Furthermore, I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student, but I didn't care. Furthermore, I was getting the high-fives and the low fives and the pats on the back. Furthermore, I was cool.

— Ben Carson

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

— Ben Carson

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

When the vision of the U.S. government included guarding the rights of people but staying out of their way, America was an economic engine more powerful than anything the world had ever witnessed.

— Ben Carson

While wisdom dictates the need for education, education does not necessarily make one wise.

— Ben Carson

With everything that is complex, we learn. If you don't learn, then it's an utter and abject failure. If you do learn, and you're able to apply that to the next situation, then you take away a measure of success.

— Ben Carson

You can't allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, 'Merry Christmas?' Give me a break. If people don't like it, yeah, they can go do something else.

— Ben Carson

You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn't mean you won't fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying.

— Ben Carson