It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves hinking people respond automatically to words the way Pavlov's dog was conditioned to respond to certain sounds.

Quote by Thomas Sowell

Topics: Ideology Quotes, Intellectuals Quotes, Thinking Quotes

You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and...

You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then...

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then...

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes....

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes....

One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who...

One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who...

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions...

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions...

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes....

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes....

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they...

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they...

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn...

Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn...

Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend...

Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend...

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals,...

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals,...

Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics...

Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics...

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.

If we spend our time with regrets over yesterday, and worries over what might happen...

If we spend our time with regrets over yesterday, and worries over what might happen...

Not only does the passage of time produce knowledge, it also produces ignorance... As the...

Not only does the passage of time produce knowledge, it also produces ignorance... As the...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest...

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest...

Any tax over 12-14% -- regardless of the base -- will corrupt enough taxpayers to...

Any tax over 12-14% -- regardless of the base -- will corrupt enough taxpayers to...