Thomas Sowell

The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.

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

I have a lot of favorite films. I tend to love the silliness of 'Bringing Up Baby.' 'Charade' is fantastic. 'His Girl Friday,' the banter in that, that alone made me want to be a writer.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

I always tell people that revelling in big ideas for me is kind of like an antidote to existential angst.