"Like a baseball game, wars are not over till they are over. Wars don't run on a clock like football. No previous generation was so hopelessly unrealistic that this had to be explained to them"
- Thomas Sowell
About this Quote
This quote by Thomas Sowell is a reminder that wars are unpredictable and can take longer than anticipated. He is suggesting that previous generations were more realistic about the length of wars, which the present generation requires to be reminded of this. He is comparing wars to baseball video games, which can go on for hours, and football video games, which have actually a set time limit. He is highlighting that wars do not have a set time limit and can go on for a lot longer than expected. He is cautioning that wars should not be ignored which they need to not be anticipated to end rapidly. He is reminding us that wars are unpredictable and can take longer than expected, and that we ought to be prepared for this.
This quote is written / told by Thomas Sowell somewhere between July 30, 1930 and today. He/she was a famous Economist from USA.
The author also have 47 other quotes.
"You may not win the Super Bowl. Your kids may not go on to be doctors and lawyers and everything may not go perfectly. That doesn't mean it was a bad plan or the wrong thing. It's just like a football season. Everything's not going to go perfect"
"I'm a very lucky guy. I had so many people help me over the years that I never had many problems. If I had a problem, I could sit down with someone and they would explain the problem to me, and the problem become like a baseball game"
"Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening"
