Zitate und Sprüche von Thomas Sowell

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

Die große Uneinigkeit in diesem Land gibt es nicht zwischen Demokraten und Republikanern, oder zwischen Frauen und Männern, sondern zwischen Schwätzern und Machern.

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

Zu viel der sogenannten 'Bildung' ist kaum mehr als eine teure Ablenkung von der Realität.

Too much of what is called 'education' is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.

Es erfordert einiges an Wissen um zu realisieren, wie wenig man weiß.

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

Die unproduktivsten Menschen sind typischerweise die, die Meetings veranstalten wollen.

The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.