Thomas Sowell Quotes

The whole notion that you can equalize opportunity in things that matter is utopian.

Thomas Sowell

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  • Doing
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• I never wrote my books especially for children.

  

  P. L. Travers
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• I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough.

  

  Dana Hill
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• Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Heart
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• In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.

  

  Sam Wyly
  • People
  • Good
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• We think of stars as celestial beings. And once in a while, they smile at us from the pages of 'People' magazine.

  

  A. E. Hotchner
  • People
  • Smile
  • Stars

• If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Time
  • Long
  • Afraid

• I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Men
  • Laugh
  • Hardest

• I'm always thinking, 'My goodness, I got booked again!' So I am really happy to still be working.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Thinking
  • Working
  • Booked

• But if I keep my core and back strong, the scoliosis doesn't really bother me.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • Strong
  • Me
  • Bother

• The characters are trapped within the lifestyle. It's about what goes on before the movie starts.

  

  Sam Mendes
  • Movie
  • Lifestyle
  • Within

• The dominant economic approach of the last thirty years is now on its last legs. Letting the market rip and an indifference to inequality are now seen as important causes of the greatest economic crash since the 1930s.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • Important
  • Greatest
  • Rip

• I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Music
  • Free
  • Anger

• Read, read, read, read and then read some more.

  

  W. P. Kinsella
  • More
  • Read
  • Then

• There's a tiny number of Bitcoin wizards and an enormous number of smart developers that have no onramp to Bitcoin. We need to make that onramp easier.

  

  Balaji S. Srinivasan
  • Smart
  • Need
  • Number

• But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose.

  

  Lafcadio Hearn
  • Great
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  • Respect

• This paranoid Islam, which blames outsider, 'infidels', for all the ills of Muslim societies, and whose proposed remedy is the closing of those societies to the rival project of modernity, is presently the fastest growing version of Islam in the world.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • World
  • Growing
  • Islam

• Plowboy: You truly feel that all the major changes in history have been caused by science and technology?

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • History
  • Science
  • Technology

• Broken institutions are an opportunity rather than a time to go home.

  

  Laurene Powell Jobs
  • Time
  • Home
  • Opportunity

• If I hear an amazing piece of music, I can't help but think of ideas, choreography, and everything that comes along with it.

  

  Witney Carson
  • Ideas
  • Helping
  • Pieces

• Samuel smiled at me. 'Freedom and fairness are very important to you, aren't they?' I nodded, and frowned. 'They're important to everybody.' He laughed. 'Oh, no, Anita, you would be amazed at the number of people who try to give away their freedom at every opportunity. They much prefer that someone else make their decisions.'

  

  Laurell K. Hamilton
  • People
  • Important
  • Freedom

• But in our time women are no longer subject to the will of men. Quite the contrary. They have been given every opportunity to win their independence and if, after all this time, they still have not liberated themselves and thrown off their shackles, we can only arrive at one conclusion: there are no shackles to throw off.

  

  Esther Vilar
  • Women
  • Opportunity
  • Conclusion

• The whole notion that you can equalize opportunity in things that matter is utopian.

  

  Thomas Sowell
  • Opportunity
  • Matter
  • Whole