Thomas Sowell Quotes

Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural inducement. The less of one, the more of the others. The degree of freedom that is possible is therefore tied to the extent to which people respond to persuasion or inducement.

Thomas Sowell

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• When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members of my staff who weren't even born when I took office. That tells me it's time for a new chapter.

  

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• As a Christian, Christ died so that we will have eternal life in Him in Heaven. What it looks like doesn't matter, what it smells like doesn't matter, as long as Christ is there it will be Heaven to me.

  

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• I'm obsessed with 'Homeland.' It's not even okay.

  

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• The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.

  

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• I grew up in an era where you had to find your own way as a woman. When I was a kid, there was this whole physical and emotional neatness and purity that a woman was supposed to have, and I didn't fit into that.

  

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• The first time I did a show, I definitely didn't get any money. My friend just let me do this show. I was so nervous: my mic didn't work, and I was like, 'Urgh.' It was terrible. It was a dingy club off of the highway, but all these people came. It was packed out.

  

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• If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music.

  

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• A founder is the emotional energy aorta of a company. The energy that emanates from a founder attracts people and capital to the endeavor. When that energy goes away, it can feel impossible to do the job.

  

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• We really shouldn't be putting a label on size. Fashion is for all, and I think confidence and happiness is more important than dress labels.

  

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• My illustrious lordship, I'll show you what a woman can do.

  

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• My strength as a singer is my versatility. I find it really frustrating when I'm only expected to show off. The music industry is awash with female acrobats. What happens to the song, and treating it for its sake and not as an ego example?

  

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• Now that judges embrace forcibly starving someone to death, Congress should use its appropriation power to starve the judicial budget.

  

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• The term 'business cycle' is imprecise. Economic fluctuations affect everyone, not just businesses, and they are, unlike astral cycles, anything but regular.

  

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• If he is convicted, Dr. Kevorkian says he will die a martyr's death by going on a hunger strike.

  

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• It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism.

  

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• Life divides into amazing enjoyable times and appalling experiences that will make future amazing anecdotes.

  

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• Human rights can only be assured among a virtuous people. The general government . . . can never be in danger of degenerating into a monarchy, an oligarchy, an aristocracy, or any despotic or oppresive form so long as there is any virtue in the body of the people.

  

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• Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.

  

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• Often, we do not know where our choices will take us. This is why the best choices are often made based not on what they can bring to us, but what they will allow us to bring to others.

  

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• To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.

  

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• Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural inducement. The less of one, the more of the others. The degree of freedom that is possible is therefore tied to the extent to which people respond to persuasion or inducement.

  

  Thomas Sowell
  • Choices
  • Social
  • Degrees