Words Quotes (3)

Some of our biggest political fallacies come from accepting words as evidence of realities. "Rent control" laws do not control rent and "gun control" laws do not control guns.

— Thomas Sowell; Dismantling America

It has long been recognized that those on the political left are more articulate than their opponents. The words they choose for the things they are for or against make it easy to decide whether to be for or against those things.

Are you for or against "social justice"? A no-brainer. Who is going to be for injustice?

What about "a living wage"? Who wants people not to have enough money to live on?

Then there is "affordable housing" and "affordable health care." Who would want people to be unable to afford to put a roof over their heads or unable to go to a doctor when they are sick?

In real life, the devil is in the details. But the whole point of political rhetoric is to make it unnecessary for you to have to go into the specifics before taking sides.

You don't need to know any economics to be in favor of "a living wage" or "affordable housing." In fact, the less economics you know, the more you can believe in such things.

— Thomas Sowell; Dismantling America

Question: Why do mice have small balls ?
Answer: Because mice don't sell many tickets.

What Were You Thinking?

I can hear some of you moaning and groaning from that joke. Some of you may not get it. Some may be wondering what kind of balls I am talking about. As much as I hate to explain the joke, the balls I am talking about are charity or inaugural balls—lavish parries. I know some of you were thinking of different kinds of balls such as soccer balls, or vulgar things, which I won't get into.

My reason for talking about mice having small balls is to illustrate the power of words and how words can have multiple meanings, cause misunderstandings, deceive, and/or mislead. Many financial words of advice can actually damage a person's life. I call these words of financial deception the financial fairytales.

— Robert Kiyosaki; Rich Dad's Conspiracy of The Rich