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Ideas Quotes by Thomas Sowell
- Why is history important? Without history, many people have no idea how many of today's half-baked ideas have been tried, again and again - and…
- What does calling this medical care legislation "historic" mean? It means that previous administrations gave up the idea when it became clear that the voting…
- The idea that money is corrupting innocent politicians would be laughable if it did not lead to such dangerous legislation...
- Congressman Frank and Senator Dodd wanted the government to push financial institutions to lend to people they would not lend to otherwise, because of the…
- Out of every hundred new ideas ninety-nine or more will probably be inferior to the traditional responses which they propose to replace. No one man,…
- ANYONE who studies the history of ideas should notice how much more often people on the political left, more so than others, denigrate and demonize…
- Most people who read "The Communist Manifesto" probably have no idea that it was written by a couple of young men who had never worked…
- Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only the ideas of an Edison…
- Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare.
- Ideas, as the raw material from which knowledge is produced, exist in superabundance, but that makes the production of knowledge more difficult rather than easier.…
- The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find…
- A moral monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas.
- Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all…
- Virtually no idea is too ridiculous to be accepted, even by very intelligent and highly educated people, if it provides a way for them to…
More Ideas Quotes
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
- I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. — Richard Bach
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what… — Lance Armstrong
- There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the… — Antonin Artaud
- A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. — Mary Kay Ash
- But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me… — Chinua Achebe