Thomas Sowell Quotes
All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.
Quotes to Explore
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Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.
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One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.
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No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole.
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I'm extremely particular how my look should be in a film.
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It is my absolute belief that Indians have unlimited talent. I have no doubt about our capabilities.
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One of the most untruthful things possible, you know, is a collection of facts, because they can be made to appear so many different ways.
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Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.
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The fundamental laws of physics do not describe true facts about reality. Rendered as descriptions of facts, they are false; amended to be true, they lose their explanatory force.
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Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.
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Facts are many, but the truth is one.
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A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.
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What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance.
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I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts.
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Everyone—whether straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender—should be allowed to show their true colors, and be accepted and loved for who they are.
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There's always wan encouragin' thing about th' sad scientific facts that come out ivrv week in th' pa-apers. They're usually not thrue.
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Nobody should be wearing a scrunchie anymore. I feel angry. That is my tipping point.
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I've learned... That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
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Beyond 100,000 lines of code, you should probably be coding in Ada.
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When somebody has dual citizenship and commits a crime, his Dutch passport should be revoked and he should be deported to the other country, even if he was born here.
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Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
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The perfect stillness of the night was thrilled by a more solemn silence. The darkness held a presence that was all the more felt because it was not seen. I could not any more have doubted that HE was there than that I was. Indeed, I felt myself to be, if possible, the less real of the two.
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The doctrines contained in the Bible will lift to a superior condition all who observe them; they will impart to them knowledge, wisdom, charity, fill them with compassion and cause them to feel after the wants of those who are in distress.
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More dangers have deceived men than forced them.
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All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.
