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.Thomas Sowell
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I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.
Lady Starlight -
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 -
What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
Igor Stravinsky -
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 -
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.
Ada Yonath -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
I feel very, very thankful to have the family that I do.
Matt Bomer -
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 -
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 -
Some people think I've had a nose job. I've never had anything like that done, but I have no judgement of anyone that does.
Jessica Chastain
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Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht -
As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I will be participating in several hearings on the startling revelations contained in the report.
Charles Bass -
When I was 12, I used to be the best friend of the most beautiful girls, but just the best friend. They would always come to me to cry about a guy who broke their heart, and I would just be sitting there thinking, 'I wish I was the guy and not the best friend.'
Diego Luna -
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
Norman Vincent Peale -
If I go to places where other people are playing, I often get up and play myself. I just enjoy the sound and feel of playing.
Brian May Queen -
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