“But one way or another competing and weeding takes place . . . or a race goes downhill.” — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“Under the seeming disorder of the old city, wherever the old city is working successfully, is a marvelous order for maintaining the… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Yankee Stadium, it’s like everything else in this country. In Europe, they save all their old buildings for history. Here, we just… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
“I know how easy it is to sound like a corny version of Noam Chomsky when talking about something like this, but… — Dito Montiel Copy Share Image
The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Perhaps the difference between a professor and a bus driver is that the professor can say stupid things with complete authority while… — Les Back Copy Share Image
“Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“They made a science out of people?" she said. "What a crazy science that must be." --"Mr. Z” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
If I am not mistaken, psychology, psychiatry and some branches of sociology, not to speak about the so-called philosophy of history, are… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
“In the savage horde the most vagabond, as well as in the most civilized nations of Europe, man is only what he… — Jean Itard Copy Share Image
In the case of 'The Housewives,' I call the 'Housewives' sociology of the rich. I think it's just fun to watch. It's… — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
“One needs to properly possess only a couple of great thoughts--they shed light on many stretches whose illumination one would never have… — Georg Simmel Copy Share Image
“The deviant and the conformist...are creatures of the same culture, inventions of the same imagination.” — Kai Erikson Copy Share Image
I have an economics degree with a minor in sociology. The reason I have that is because I want to do a… — Jeremy Lin Copy Share Image
“Guilty people apologize and also take steps to avoid repetition. Shame, in contrast, is a more global emotion, which can emerge in… — Peter N. Stearns 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
“But into the first decades of the twentieth century, even at the New York Times, it was uncommon for journalists to see… — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
“...the pedigree of people, their family members, where they come from, and what you desire and project where you want to see… — Patricia Dixon Copy Share Image
“The man who has dedicated himself to the success of the protect, the master builder, no longer has any freedom: his conduct… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
Miss Leefolt sigh, hang up the phone like she just don't know how her brain gone operate without Miss Hilly coming over… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“Show me a culture where honesty is considered ridiculous, where nobody's ever accountable for anything, where anger gets admired as a sign… — Anthony Steyning Copy Share Image
History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim. — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
Economic theorists, like French chefs in regard to food, have developed stylized models whose ingredients are limited by some unwritten rules. Just… — George Akerlof Copy Share Image
