Thomas Sowell Quotes
Financial institutions are not being bailed out as a favor to them or their stockholders. In fact, stockholders have come out worse off after some bailouts. The real point is to avoid a major contraction of credit that could cause major downturns in output and employment, ruining millions of people, far beyond the financial institutions involved. If it was just a question of the financial institutions themselves, they could be left to sink or swim. But it is not.
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It's one thing to live my own life and know that I'm O.K. But there's another thing I want to take on, and that is letting people know that they're O.K., too.
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A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.
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I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
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I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality.
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I can't say it's not painful being estranged from most of my family. I wish it could be otherwise.
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I suffer a little bit from Napoleonism, if you will.
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Statistics began as the systematic study of quantitative facts about the state.
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It's not to anybody's best interest to think about how they will be perceived tomorrow. It hurts you in the long run.
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In Barnette, we held that a public school student could not be compelled to recite the Pledge; we did not even hint that she could not be compelled to observe respectful silence. . . . Logically, that ought to be the next target for the Court's bulldozer.
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Unfortunately, sometimes the fans forget who puts the money and passion into the club. It's funny, but when you win, it's the coach and the players who are responsible, but when you lose, it's the owner's fault; but that's football.
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All actors bring something unexpected to the role because they have to translate what's on the page and make a real character out of the black-and-white text that's there in the script.
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The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of the community at large.
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Cary Benjamin sleeps dreamily on my stomach as we're both bonding and recuperating. He's phenomenal.
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Those folks out in the space suits are going to be getting beat up.
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I think I'm good at looking moody. I'm not much good at analysing myself, but I tend to fit the strange and tortured characters.
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I'm not a writer, director or producer.
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My parents were very, very good about not separating us as kids from their adult friends. So on any given night, we'd have, like, this kind of freak show - artists and art dealers coming over. And these are the people I feel like I learned from.
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What's important is that, when you're tested, you stand firm against the violent activities of those who would try to plunge our people back into the misery of the past.
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Mystery is delightful, but unscientific, since it depends upon ignorance.
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I do not think that any composer has ever asked for octave glissandi on the black keys, but there is a recording by Moriz Rosenthal of Chopin's Black-Key Etude in which he plays the short octave passage in both hands glissando: it hurts my hands just to think about it.
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Why leave the nut you got for one you don't know?
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Here's one of my bad habits: when I go to someone's house, I head straight to their bookshelf.
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Worrying about next, tomorrow cripples our ability to think, act and exercise faith in the present and the present only is ours.
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Financial institutions are not being bailed out as a favor to them or their stockholders. In fact, stockholders have come out worse off after some bailouts. The real point is to avoid a major contraction of credit that could cause major downturns in output and employment, ruining millions of people, far beyond the financial institutions involved. If it was just a question of the financial institutions themselves, they could be left to sink or swim. But it is not.
