“People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.”
— Thomas Sowell
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Category: leadership
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The big divide in this country is
“The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.”
— Thomas Sowell
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Category: women
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People who identify themselves as conservatives donate
“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 higher percentage of their incomes.”
— Thomas Sowell
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Category: money
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The march of science and technology does
“The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.”
— Thomas Sowell
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Category: science
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The next time some academics tell you
“The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.”
— Thomas Sowell
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Category: time
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Mystical references to society and its programs
“Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats.”
— Thomas Sowell
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Category: society
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One of the common failings among honorable
“One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.”
— Thomas Sowell
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The most basic question is not what
“The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.”
— Thomas Sowell
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Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is
“Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism.”
— Thomas Sowell
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Category: best
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Much of the social history of the
“Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.”
— Thomas Sowell
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Category: good
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One of the common failings among honorable
“One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.”
— Thomas Sowell
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Category: trust
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