Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowellis an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 June 1930
CityGastonia, NC
CountryUnited States of America
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doers talkers specialty
Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.
libertarian outcomes procedures
You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.
liars successful reflection
The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.
doers sidelines talkers
The talkers and writers resent being left on the sidelines by the doers.
lunch people economics
Lunches don't get free just because you don't see the prices on the menu. And economists don't get popular by reminding people of that.
nannies planning states
Central planning, judicial activism, and the nanny state all presume vastly more knowledge than any elite have ever possessed.
retirement reality years
Too often what are called "educated" people are simply people who have been sheltered from reality for years in ivy-covered buildings. Those whose whole careers have been spent in ivy-covered buildings, insulated by tenure, can remain adolescents on into their golden retirement years.
errors sin human-nature
When you start off by telling those who disagree with you that they are not merely in error but in sin, how much of a dialogue do you expect?
opposites facts experts
For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert, but for every fact there is not necessarily an equal and opposite fact.
weight matter sometimes
If you can't beat them or join them, then do something weird. No matter how much the passengers eat, the weight of the plane stays the same. Do you sometimes feel that you are necessary but not sufficient?
deception littles way
Deception is one of the quickest ways to gain little things and lose big things.
envy justice social
Envy plus rhetoric equals "social justice.".
good-intentions welfare states
The welfare state has always been judged by its good intentions, rather than its bad results.
time business hands
People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.