“To recognize and comprehend what influences us and others is to function with purpose.” — Mark David Henderson Copy Share Image
“Happy is the people that is without history. And thrice is the people without sociology.” — Christopher Henry Dawson Copy Share Image
I'm a huge feminist, I majored in sociology at college, and I care about what I put into the world. — Beanie Feldstein Copy Share Image
“In reality, there is no such thing as absolute freedom. The rules of social interaction determine one's freedom.” — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
“You are still what you think, despite what others think about you!” — Dr. Vivencio Ballano Copy Share Image
“The deviant and the conformist...are creatures of the same culture, inventions of the same imagination.” — Kai Erikson Copy Share Image
“There is a huge difference between thinking we know something and actually knowing something.” — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
“A lie distorts the image of reality. It is a delusion of the human mind which can disrupt an individual's sense of… — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
“We don’t live in a world that suffers from doubt, but one that suffers from certainty, false certainties that compensate for the… — Les Back Copy Share Image
Sociology and anthropology are not disciplines which take easily to situations where people are able to live out their fantasies, not just… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
“The violence of a lower-class man may indeed express rage, but it is aimed not at society but at the asshole who… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Liberals have invented whole college majors - psychology, sociology and women's studies - to prove that nothing is anybody's fault. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“The problem with capitalism is that "we have a global theology without morality, without a Bible." And that's dangerous, he warns -… — Joel Bakan Copy Share Image
I often say that sociology is a martial art, a means of self-defense. Basically, you use it to defend yourself, without having… — Pierre Bourdieu Copy Share Image
My students often ask me, 'What is sociology?' And I tell them, 'It's the study of the way in which human beings… — Sam Richards Copy Share Image
“Nearly every inspirational story out there is about a person who breaks away from his or her background or community – where… — Amrita Sarkar Copy Share Image
“Rape culture is a concept of unknown origin and of uncertain definition; yet it has made its way into everyday vocabulary and… — Joyce E Williams Copy Share Image
I started my professional life as a philosopher of language and for several years took the orthodox line that meaning is an… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics.… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
These systems attempt to box God into a government confined within the perspective of man. Yet when humanity is used as the… — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
History is preoccupied with fundamental processes of change. If you are allergic to these processes, you abandon history and take cover in… — Edward Hallett Carr Copy Share Image
The laws of history are as absolute as the laws of physics, and if the probabilities of error are greater, it is… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
The way forward does not lie in amateur and comically timeless linguistic sociology which takes 'forms of life ' for granted (and… — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
“I spent the beginning of my focus on activism by doing what most everyone else was doing; blaming other people and institutions.… — Peter Joseph Copy Share Image
“Women in general, and African American women in particular, are still separated by a veil, albeit an invisible one. As long as… — Patricia Dixon Copy Share Image
“Sonnet 1306 Doctors are not official representatives, Yet they do their job quite efficiently. Teachers are not official representatives, Yet they do… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Life is a useless passion, an exciting journey of a mammal in survival mode. Each day is a miracle, a blessing unexplored… — Mohadesa Najumi Copy Share Image
“When modern sociologists talk of the necessity of accommodating one's self to the trend of the time, they forget that the trend… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“We criticize Americans for not being able either to analyse or conceptualize. But this is a wrong-headed critique. It is we who… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
“Lieutenant Linh said, “Thank you for this valuable information, it gives us an opportunity to take counter-measures to nullify the American attack!… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
Architecture is art. I don't think you should say that too much, but it is art. I mean, architecture is many, many… — Renzo Piano Copy Share Image
“I like to go to Starbucks and watch the intellectuals. I observe them and their intellectualness. They in turn observe me drinking… — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
“Be patient in life, knowing that there is a real possibility that the desired outcome could happen without your direct involvement.” — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
“There's nothing wrong with giving up all your principles for a suitable financial reward. It is indeed the basis of our society.” — Manny Rayner Copy Share Image
“Character depends on characters. Few people are character. Other's should try to opt one but they don't, they lose.” — Vikram Roy Copy Share Image
Men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other. — David Riesman Copy Share Image
All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize… — Ulrich Beck Copy Share Image
The only school that let me in was U.C. Santa Cruz, which is where I went. They didn't have a journalism program,… — David Talbot Copy Share Image
Ah, art! Ah, life! The pendulum swinging back and forth, from complex to simple, again to complex. From romantic to realistic, back… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Economic problems have no sharp edges. They shade off imperceptibly into politics, sociology, and ethics. Indeed, it is hardly an exaggeration to… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
