Thomas Sowell Quotes

The strongest argument for socialism is that it sounds good. The strongest argument against socialism is that it doesn't work. But those who live by words will always have a soft spot in their hearts for socialism because it sounds so good.

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  Lady Starlight
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• I'm going to do the old 'plaster removal' technique and just get the pain over with in one go: 'Life's Too Short' isn't funny to me.

  

  Ian Watson
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• What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

  

  Igor Stravinsky
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• The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.

  

  Felicity Huffman
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• I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books.

  

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• I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
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• Other than marriage, she doesn't control me and I don't control her.

  

  Gavyn Davies
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• All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
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• I was pampered by all my father's directors and producers during childhood. But at home, my father made sure I led a normal life.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Life
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• It matters, it always matters, to name rubbish as rubbish … to do otherwise is to legitimize it.

  

  Salman Rushdie

• No one can buy his share of 'clean air' in the market; one has to use communal mechanisms in order to deal with pollution.

  

  Daniel Bell
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• Whenever I hear you saying, rise and shine, rise and shine, it makes me think how lucky dead people are!

  

  Orson Scott Card
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• Just Cause: Learn not to contradict your father in anything; nor by calling him Iapetus, to reproach him with the ills of age, by which you were reared in your infancy. (tr. Hickie 1853, vol. 1, Perseus)

  

  Aristophanes
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• Quotation, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated.

  

  Ambrose Bierce
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• I don't like to talk about myself. I like to talk about stuff that's happening, stuff that's going to happen, and the people who are going to make it happen.

  

  Fred Wilson
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• I feel very, very thankful to have the family that I do.

  

  Matt Bomer
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• That's why I love theatre, because things happen in the moment. I think you work without being conscious that you're working.

  

  Clotilde Hesme
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• Maybe with your emotions and your feelings, someone else can say it in a different way than you would, which brings new life to the way you might sing it.

  

  Jody Watley Shalamar
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• A cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high.

  

  Isaac Newton
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• Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific!

  

  Ed Koch
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• A courteous, yet harrowing Grace, As Guest, that would be gone

  

  Emily Dickinson
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• If you want to hit a man in the chest, aim for his groin.

  

  Bat Masterson
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• When things go wrong, the standard management strategy is to decide who takes the blame. This should be an underling, as far down the chain as possible, but preferably with some visibility so people know management means business.

  

  Jack McDevitt
  • People
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• The strongest argument for socialism is that it sounds good. The strongest argument against socialism is that it doesn't work. But those who live by words will always have a soft spot in their hearts for socialism because it sounds so good.

  

  Thomas Sowell
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