The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.

Quote by Thomas Sowell

Topics: Thinking Quotes

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...

What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world...

What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world...

People used to say, Ignorance is no excuse. Today, ignorance is no problem. After all,...

People used to say, Ignorance is no excuse. Today, ignorance is no problem. After all,...

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast...

Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast...

Like a baseball game, wars are not over till they are over. Wars don't run...

Like a baseball game, wars are not over till they are over. Wars don't run...

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....

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...

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the...

If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone...

If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone...

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...

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves thinking people respond automatically to...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves thinking people respond automatically to...

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

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

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...

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could...

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could...

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

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

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather...

Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather...

You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of...

You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of...

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

Thinking begins only when we have come to know that reason, glorified for centuries, is...

Thinking begins only when we have come to know that reason, glorified for centuries, is...