Thomas Sowell Quotes

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.

Thomas Sowell

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• Everyone will be happier if fewer women are tied to abusive men, drop out of school, and live impoverished lives because of a random pregnancy.

  

  Katha Pollitt
  • Men
  • Live
  • Women

• I know about lots of things that have nothing to do with being Asian, that you would never guess from looking at me. I know all about musical theater. I could go on 'Jeopardy!' and knock off the whole Broadway show tunes category. Also the whole Bible stories category.

  

  B. D. Wong
  • Stories
  • Bible
  • Theater

• Honest honey, I feel like crying every time I sit down to write you a letter... I am so unlucky.

  

  Eddie Slovik
  • Write
  • Crying
  • Letter

• I happen to dig being able to use whatever mystique I have to further the idea of peace.

  

  Garrett Morris
  • Peace
  • Idea
  • Happen

• I played cello in my high school orchestra.

  

  Eberhard Weber
  • School
  • High
  • High School

• The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.

  

  Aaron Burr
  • Life
  • Business
  • My Life

• It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if it were an individual person - its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.

  

  Karl Marx
  • Men
  • History
  • Achieving

• A man in debt is so far a slave.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Money
  • Man
  • Debt

• I see Earth! It is so beautiful!

  

  Yuri Gagarin
  • Beautiful
  • Earth
  • Space

• It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• I think there's too much saturated color in comics, thanks to digital color techniques.

  

  Ted Naifeh
  • Think
  • Color
  • Thanks

• It's frightening to think about more sanctions. When I've met North Koreans in China, they've said to me, 'You have no idea how difficult our lives are. We live like dogs.' They wake up in the morning wondering what they're going to eat for dinner.

  

  Barbara Demick
  • Up
  • Live
  • Morning

• I love Peter Gabriel, and I've come so close to working with him a few times. We were on a movie soundtrack together, but we didn't actually write together.

  

  Ed Kowalczyk
  • Together
  • Movie

• Black girls, I feel, rock, in so many ways, especially coming from five girls.

  

  Alek Wek
  • Black
  • Rock

• The stuff I did in 'Rescue Me' was great. It gave me the opportunity to play comedy, and Denis Leary was the first one to take a chance with me. And from that experience, we had a comedy pilot that we did that I was going to play the lead in. And then 'Person of Interest' came along. They're all new experiences.

  

  Kevin Chapman
  • Great
  • Experience
  • Opportunity

• No one knows what an amazing spirit she was. She wasn't only a mother; she was a best friend.

  

  Bobbi Kristina Brown
  • She
  • Mother
  • Friend

• I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet.

  

  Leslie Caron
  • Ballet

• We are called to care for those sickened by pollution, house those displaced by environmental calamities, and heal the spirits of those - especially our youth - who are disheartened by a world where human survival is now in question.

  

  Blase J. Cupich
  • World
  • House
  • Question

• Dick Gregory will be greatly missed. Humbly, and in his stead, 'Turn Me Loose' carries on to be his voice and his inspiration for all who wish to laugh at the absurdity of racism and be enlightened by his spirit of justice.

  

  Joe Morton
  • Justice
  • Inspiration
  • Voice

• There is no truth which cannot be given in fifty words; the truth is always concise.

  

  Barry Malzberg
  • Truth
  • Words
  • Concise

• It depends on the state itself to retain or abolish the principle of representation, because it depends on itself whether it will continue a member of the Union. To deny this right would be inconsistent with the principle on which all our political systems are founded, which is, that the people have in all cases, a right to determine how they will be governed. This right must be considered as an ingredient in the original composition of the general government, which, though not expressed, was mutually understood. . .

  

  William Rawle
  • People
  • Political
  • Determine

• Competing pressures tempt one to believe that an issue deferred is a problem avoided; more often it is a crisis invited.

  

  Henry Kissinger
  • Problem
  • Crisis

• Because war is a competition involving life and death, and in which national security and vital interests are at stake, establishing an objective other than winning is not only counterproductive, but also irresponsible and wasteful. In some circumstances, it is also unethical.

  

  H. R. McMaster
  • Life
  • War
  • Death

• If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.

  

  Thomas Sowell
  • Winning
  • Battle
  • Civilization