Is Reality Optional? And Other Essays Quotes

“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.”
― Thomas Sowell, Is Reality Optional? And Other Essays

“People will forgive you for being wrong, but they will never forgive you for being right—especially if events prove you right while proving them wrong.”
― Thomas Sowell, Is Reality Optional? And Other Essays

“Back in my old neighborhood, there was a special contempt for the kind of guy who was always trying to get two other guys to fight each other. Today, it is considered a great contribution to society to incite consumers against producers, tenants against landlords, women against men, and the races against each other.”
― Thomas Sowell, Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays

“Some things must be done on faith, but the most dangerous kind of faith is that which masquerades as “science.”
― Thomas Sowell, Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays