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Often Quotes by Thomas Sowell
- People who are very aware that they have more knowledge than the average person are often very unaware that they do not have one-tenth of…
- In their zeal for particular kinds of decisions to be made, those with the vision of the anointed seldom consider the nature of the:Â process:Â…
- If the truth is boring, civilization is irksome. The constraints inherent in civilized living are frustrating in innumerable ways. Yet those with the vision of…
- The charge is often made against the intelligentsia and other members of the anointed that their theories and the policies based on them lack common…
- People who believe in evolution in biology often believe in creationism in government. In other words, they believe that the universe and all the creatures…
- Love is a four-letter word, but you don't hear in nearly as often as you hear some other four-letter words. It may be a sign…
- The inefficiency of political control of an economy has been demonstrated more often, in more places, and under more varied conditions, than almost anything outside…
- 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…
- All too often, we do smart things only after exhausting every conceivable dumb thing we could have done.
- Too often the past has been twisted to fit the visions and agendas of the present.
- The stricter standards and independent, often conclusive, evidence in the physical sciences cannot be generalized to intellectual activity as a whole, even though the aura…
- Knowledge can be enormously costly, and is often scattered in widely uneven fragments, too small to be individually usable in decision making. The communication and…
- The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.
- People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a…
- Creating whole departments of ethnic, gender, and other 'studies' was part of the price of academic peace. All too often, these 'studies' are about propaganda…
- People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets…
- Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned.
- Considering how often throughout history even intelligent people have been proved to be wrong, it is amazing that there are still people who are convinced…
More Often Quotes
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- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- The simplest things are often the truest. — Richard Bach
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- 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
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
- When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid things, but I… — J. J. Abrams
- Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that… — Karen Armstrong
- Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. — Arthur Ashe
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange