“The real enemy" is the totality of physical and mental constraints by which capital, or class society, or statism, or the society… — Bob Black 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
“The development of civilization was marked by constant changes. This will continue – therefore, the future will belong to people ready for change.” — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
At a purely practical level, history is important because it provides the basic skills needed for students to go further in sociology,… — Antony Beevor 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
I wasn't a great student; I was lazy. But when I was in sociology class, I listened. — Eric Stonestreet Copy Share Image
How could so many intelligent people be so grievously wrong for such an extended period of time? How could they ignore so… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
The difficulty, in sociology, is to manage to think in a completely astonished and disconcerted way about things you thought you had… — Pierre Bourdieu Copy Share Image
“Trying to take away someone’s language is usually the first step in trying to change them.” — C. N. Lester Copy Share Image
“Openness to change is key to implementing new knowledge. That is why one who is indifferent to change is not a friend… — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
“Curiosity is crucial for innovation. We are all born curious, but only a small number of people remain curious for a lifetime.” — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
“As social phenomena, languages are tied up in world of unequal power relations, gaining or losing status not based on technical linguistic… — H. Sammy Alim and Geneva Smitherman 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
Pandemics have long been among my favorite topics to teach sociology with, not because the subject is cheery, but because they contain… — Zeynep Tufekci 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
“At core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them.” — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics and a Christian sociology. — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
Whether sociology can ever become a full-fledged "science" (a description of a class of events predictable on the basis of deductions from… — Anatol Rapoport Copy Share Image
The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Ideology demands it. Society exacts it. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
“Rather than polygyny needing an explanation, it is monogamy that may need to be explained.” — Patricia Dixon 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
“There’s no reason to cry over spilled milk. People cannot change the things that have already happened.” — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
