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

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

Thomas Sowell
Reality, Liberty, Littles

In this era of political correctness, some people seem unaware that being squeamish about words can mean being blind to realities.

Thomas Sowell
Mean, Reality, People

It is truly a triumph of rhetoric over reality when people can believe that going into politics is 'public service,' but that producing food, shelter, transportation, or medical care is not.

Thomas Sowell
Believe, Reality, People

The New York times' long-standing motto, 'All the News That's Fit to Print,' should be changed to reflect today's reality: 'Manufacturing News to Fit an Ideology.'

Thomas Sowell
New York, Reality, Long
Thomas Sowell (2010). “Dismantling America: And Other Controversial Essays”, p.266, Basic Books

The curse of the intelligentsia is their ability to rationalize and re-define. Ordinary people, lacking that gift, are forced to face reality.

Thomas Sowell
Reality, People, Ordinary
Thomas Sowell (1993). “Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export.... Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea -- in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders.

Thomas Sowell
Country, Reality, Race

Reality is not optional.

Thomas Sowell
Reality, Optional
"Riots in France" by Thomas Sowell, www.realclearpolitics.com. November 8, 2005.

Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Think things, not words." In words, many see a need for "social justice" to override "the dictates of the market." In reality, what is called "the market" consists of human beings making their own choices at their own cost. What is called "social justice" is government imposition of the notions of third parties, who pay no price for being wrong.

Thomas Sowell
Party, Reality, Thinking

Rhetoric is no substitute for reality.

Thomas Sowell
Reality, Substitutes, Rhetoric

Too often what are called "educated" people are simply people who have been sheltered from reality for years in ivy-covered buildings. Those whose whole careers have been spent in ivy-covered buildings, insulated by tenure, can remain adolescents on into their golden retirement years.

Thomas Sowell
Retirement, Reality, Years
"Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene". townhall.com. May 05, 2007.

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