Quote by Thomas Sowell
One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to

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

Other quotes by Thomas Sowell

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers. – Thomas Sowell

Category:
Men
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Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnsons administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamaras brilliant whiz kids tried to micro-manage the Vietnam war, with disastrous results. – Thomas Sowell

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War
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People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do. – Thomas Sowell

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Time
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Other Quotes from
Failure
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If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless. – Robert H. Schuller

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Failure

The fact that we are here today to debate raising Americas debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase Americas debt. – Barack Obama

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Failure

You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which clicks. – Florence Scovel Shinn

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Failure

I have experienced failure as a politician and for that very reason, I am ready to give everything for Japan. – Shinzo Abe

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Failure

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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. – Isaac Asimov

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Education

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace. – Aristotle

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Leisure

Under every full moon are lovers in love, and under every bright sun two friends smile as one. – Terri Guillemets

Category:
Relationships

Put a grain of boldness into everything you do. – Baltasar Gracián, translated from Spanish

Category:
Boldness