|

|

Advertisements

Thomas Sowell Quotes

If you want to get each individual’s honest opinion, you don’t want that opinion to be influenced by others who are present, much less allow a group to coordinate what they are going to say Picture Quote #1

If we spend our time with regrets over yesterday, and worries over what might happen tomorrow, we have no today in which to live Picture Quote #1

Mystical references to ‘society’ and its programs to ‘help’ may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means isputting more power in the hands of bureaucrats Picture Quote #1

The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best Picture Quote #1

Young people in general - and young women in particular - need to understand that they cannot retrieve in their forties the opportunities they threw away in their twenties Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Each day, as I take various pills, I realize that without those pills I might not be alive - and, if I were, life would not be worth living. Yet those who produce these medications are under constant attack from people who produce nothing Picture Quote #1

Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a good thing to have more of, without limits. All are subject to diminishing returns, and ultimately negative returns Picture Quote #1

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything Picture Quote #1

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance Picture Quote #1

The principles applied in economic processes are general social principles Picture Quote #1

Civilization is an enormous device for economizing knowledge, Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare Picture Quote #1

Organizational progress parallels that in science and technology, permitting ultimate simplicity through intermediate complexity Picture Quote #1

Doing the right thing is fun. If nothing else, it surprises people Picture Quote #1

Pedestrians never seem to realize that they are a threat to the safety of cars Picture Quote #1

When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination Picture Quote #1

The talkers and writers resent being left on the sidelines by the doers Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets Picture Quote #1

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty Picture Quote #1

Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back Picture Quote #1

Over the generations, black leaders have ranged from noble souls to shameless charlatans Picture Quote #1

Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers Picture Quote #1

Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics Picture Quote #1

Deception is one of the quickest ways to gain little things and lose big things Picture Quote #1

All that makes earlier times seem simpler is our ignorance of their complexities Picture Quote #1

All things are the same except for the differences, and different except for the similarities Picture Quote #1

Any statistics can be extrapolated to the point where they show disaster Picture Quote #1

The same set of statistics can produce opposite conclusions at different levels of aggregation Picture Quote #1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - 10

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

If you want to get each individual’s honest opinion, you don’t want that opinion to be influenced by others who are present, much less allow a group to coordinate what they are going to say. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) If we spend our time with regrets over yesterday, and worries over what might happen tomorrow, we have no today in which to live. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Mystical references to ‘society’ and its programs to ‘help’ may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means isputting more power in the hands of bureaucrats. (Thomas Sowell Quotes) The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Young people in general - and young women in particular - need to understand that they cannot retrieve in their forties the opportunities they threw away in their twenties (Thomas Sowell Quotes) "Fairness" is one of the great mantras of the left. Since everyone has his own definition of fairness, that word is a blank check for the expansion of government power. What fairness means in practice is that third parties - busy bodies - can prevent mutual accommodations by others (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Each day, as I take various pills, I realize that without those pills I might not be alive - and, if I were, life would not be worth living. Yet those who produce these medications are under constant attack from people who produce nothing (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a good thing to have more of, without limits. All are subject to diminishing returns, and ultimately negative returns (Thomas Sowell Quotes) People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything (Thomas Sowell Quotes) It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance (Thomas Sowell Quotes) The principles applied in economic processes are general social principles (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Civilization is an enormous device for economizing knowledge, (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Organizational progress parallels that in science and technology, permitting ultimate simplicity through intermediate complexity (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Doing the right thing is fun. If nothing else, it surprises people (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Pedestrians never seem to realize that they are a threat to the safety of cars (Thomas Sowell Quotes) When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination (Thomas Sowell Quotes) The talkers and writers resent being left on the sidelines by the doers (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Over the generations, black leaders have ranged from noble souls to shameless charlatans (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Deception is one of the quickest ways to gain little things and lose big things (Thomas Sowell Quotes) All that makes earlier times seem simpler is our ignorance of their complexities (Thomas Sowell Quotes) All things are the same except for the differences, and different except for the similarities (Thomas Sowell Quotes) Any statistics can be extrapolated to the point where they show disaster (Thomas Sowell Quotes) The same set of statistics can produce opposite conclusions at different levels of aggregation (Thomas Sowell Quotes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - 10