Carolina QuotesIt may be expecting too much to expect most intellectuals to have common sense, when their whole life is based on their being uncommon -- that is, saying things that are different from what everyone else is saying. There is only so much genuine originality in anyone. After that, being uncommon means indulging in pointless eccentricities or clever attempts to mock or shock.
Thomas Sowell Carolinian
Source
Random Thought
- work
- Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays (2006)
- year
- 2006
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