Thomas Sowell Quotes

The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born in Africa instead of America. Put differently, the terrible fate of their ancestors benefitted them.

Thomas Sowell

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TodayPeopleSlaveryFateAmerica

There are some aspects of the diagram that I wish I had expressed a little more clearly.

Jesse James Garrett

WishMoreI WishClearlyLittleHad

An end of something means the beginning of something else, and I don't think that something else is going to be the death of the manned space program.

John Glenn

BeginningDeathSpaceThinkEnd

But Patsy, she was a great, great girl. And Brenda Lee is a wonderful person, and her mama Grace. I've known those folks for years and years and years.

Mel Tillis

GirlGreatGracePersonSheMama

The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.

Stephen Gardiner

ForwardStoryRevolutionCivilization

I write manically.

Robert Ben Garant

WriteI Write

Baking is one of my many hobbies. I was originally introduced to baking as a child by my grandmother. I continued to bake for friends and family throughout the years for special occasions. I began to create themed treats after receiving continued requests from a lot of my friends.

Rosanna Pansino

FamilyFriends And FamilyChildYears

I have a memory of my mother kneeling in front of a cabinet in our home, tenderly cradling her wedding china. We never used the plates; she died in her 40s without ever letting herself enjoy these gorgeous pieces. I told myself that I would use my precious items.

Roma Downey

MotherHomeMyselfMemoryWedding

What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty; and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice.

Louis D. Brandeis

GoodJusticeDemocracyAmericanOwn

Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too.

Joyce Cary

LoveImaginationTreesGrowYou

When I turned 11, we had to leave East Germany overnight because of the political orientation of my father. Now I was going to school in West Germany, which was American-occupied at that time. There in school, all children were required to learn English and not Russian. To learn Russian had been difficult, but English was impossible for me.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

FatherChildrenTimeSchoolMeNow

With success came an ever-growing burden of responsibility. I lived with a near-constant low-level anxiety that I would make a mistake that would not only threaten my career, but also my brothers' - not to mention the livelihoods of many people who work with us or for us.

Donny Osmond

WorkSuccessResponsibilityPeople

There is a lot of California in my... sound, and a ton of it is the laid-back nature of Southern Californians and the beach.

Brett Young

NatureBeachCaliforniaSoundTon

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