Quotes of: Johns-hopkins Keyword

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.

Thomas Sowell

Actually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it harder for lawyers to win frivolous lawsuits against insurance companies.

Thomas Sowell

It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.

Thomas Sowell

All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.

Thomas Sowell

Our schools and colleges are turning out people who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.

Thomas Sowell

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.

Thomas Sowell

A shortage is a sign that somebody is keeping the price artificially lower than it would be if supply and demand were allowed to operate freely.

Thomas Sowell

There is no question that liberals do an impressive job of expressing concern for blacks. But do the intentions expressed in their words match the actual consequences of their deeds?

Thomas Sowell

Do all children have some inherent right to live in America if they have done nothing wrong? If not, then why should the children of illegal immigrants have such a right?

Thomas Sowell

I grew up in Oregon, where as a teenager I worked with my grandfather Axel on his i shing boat at the mouth of the Columbia River.

Karl Marlantes

The Marine Corps taught me how to kill, but it didn't teach me how to deal with killing.

Karl Marlantes

War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up some failure on the part of the adults.

Karl Marlantes

Life is like a boxing match, keep on throwing those punches and one of them will land. Kevin Lane - The Shawshank Prevention

Ken Scott

The base emotions Plato banned have left a radio-active and not radiant land.

Libby Houston

John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.

Lyndon B. Johnson

There's been an increase in the number of Iraqis in training, but more Americans are dying and violence is increasing.

Lawrence Korb

I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles.

Linus Pauling

The best way to get a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

Linus Pauling

When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on.

Michael P. Anderson

I was always fascinated by science-fiction shows, shows like 'Star Trek' and 'Lost in Space.'

Michael P. Anderson

People have no confidence that Washington, both sides of aisle, are coming together to try and do what's right for the economy.

Michael Bloomberg