Thomas Sowell Quotes

The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish and he will ask for tartar sauce and French fries! Moreover, some politician who wants his vote will declare all these things to be among his 'basic rights.'

Thomas Sowell

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ManFishGivingVoteFrench Fries

We women are way too hard on ourselves. I don't know who some women are dressing for, but we should be celebrating our bodies.

Jessica Collins

WomenKnowWayHardDressingWho

If you've seen 'Spirited Away', 'Spirited Away' is set in a very, very Japanese sensibility. And so, to Japanese audiences, when Sen would walk up, the main character, and look at this big building with a flag on it with Japanese writing on it, everyone in Japan would know what that is.

John Lasseter

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This taught me a lesson, but I'm not quite sure what it is.

John McEnroe

MeLessonSureQuiteTaught

It's always better when travelling to be in a place where your friends know the area well.

Matthew Williamson

BetterFriendsPlaceKnowAlways

Build the roads and the jobs follow.

Tommy Thompson

RoadsBuildFollowJobs

Columbus was above all an explorer, and his historic achievements opened the Americas to trade and the eventual English settlements, settlements which grew into the most successful bastion of freedom and prosperity in human history, the United States of America.

Tom Tancredo

FreedomHistoryAmericaProsperity

The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.

Rose Kennedy

TimeMirrorYouLookWillDisgust

Well it's not a matter for me to say what Llew Smith can or cannot do, he's an elected Member of Parliament.

Ron Davies

MeSayMatterWellCannotHe

We're a very judgmental society.

Jason Clarke

SocietyJudgmentalVery

You can be young and still have views and opinions.

JoJo

OpinionsYouYoungStillViews

Funnily enough, I was a big fan of the show and had been watching it - along with everybody else - and had never imagined that I would be on it. You kind of look at shows and think, 'Oh, I wish I had done that one.' But I didn't really see myself on 'True Blood.'

Denis O'Hare

MyselfThinkWishEnoughYouLook

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Aristotle

QualityMenActingWayAcquire

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