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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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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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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Get the facts. Ask questions and listen intently to the answers before responding.
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Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something you probably won't want.
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This was their first encounter with the fact that a full stomach meant good spirits; an empty one, bickering and gloom.
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Politics is the systematic cultivation of hatred.
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Children's authors have to pick words that reflect the spirit of a book and convey its message but also words that light children up, that children will recognize. Words that inspire and comfort. Words that challenge yet don't patronize. Words that, well, mean something to them.
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I was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arlington when I was five years old, and it was in Arlington that I spent most of my childhood.
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I want my paintings to give the viewer a true sense of reality - that includes but is not limited to depth, scale and a tactile surface as well as the real sense of what the subject looks like and is feeling at the time that I painted them. There should be a discourse between the viewer and the subject, to feel as though they are in a way connected. My goal is not to set a narrative but rather to have the viewer bring their own experiences to the painting and the subject as they would if they had seen the subject on the street in real life.
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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.
