“They came to study the dreadful vulgarity of this imaginary Mass Man they pretend to hate. But they're fascinated with the snake-pit. ” — Ray Bradbury 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
Abandoned by philosophy, politics, and sociology, historical determinism continues to hold out in formalist art criticism. — Harold Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly,… — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share Image
“Chicago is not the most corrupt of cities. The state of New Jersey has a couple. Need we mention Nevada? Chicago, though,… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“Humans are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and… — Bhim Rao Ambedkar Copy Share Image
“That’s what happens when you crowd enough folks into the same sandbox: eventually they’re gonna start throwing a fit over who gets… — Jacob D. Lochner Copy Share Image
The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“On election days, the burdens of poverty and corruption and of a creaky economic system are put aside, and India celebrates. Many… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
The methodologies of examining hip hop are borrowed from sociology, politics, religion, economics, urban studies, journalism, communications theory, American studies, transatlantic studies,… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Colleges don't teach economics properly. Unfortunately we learn little from the experience of the past. An economist must know, besides his subject,… — Bernard Baruch 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
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
I got a degree in sociology, didn't read much fiction in college, and I was a pretty political, left-wing type of guy.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The artist tries to show reason in experience and appearance – and lyric is the daily appearance, the commonplace dress, of reason.… — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
The Genealogical Science is a wonderful account of how old-fashioned race science has come to be re-defined by resort to the most… — Talal Asad 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
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
Performance art is really about the sociology of the artist, where ideas come from, and the confluence of those ideas. — Roselee Goldberg Copy Share Image
“A major goal of polygyny in divine marriage is to eliminate the potential exploitation of women and other negatives that can occur… — Patricia Dixon Copy Share Image
“Be careful about financial offers that often come by email. Before you respond to such an offer, ask yourself: do I really… — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I'm double majoring in social studies - which is sociology, anthropology, economics, and philosophy - and African-American studies. — Yara Shahidi 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
“Even when we are confused about someone’s gender, and don’t have a greater awareness of what it means to be trans, we… — C. N. Lester Copy Share Image
After Montesquieu, the next great addition to Sociology (which is the term I may be allowed to invent to designate Social Physics)… — Auguste Comte Copy Share Image
It is only by historical analysis that we can discover what makes up man, since it is only in the course of… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
“The lawyer is not worth in the calm times; his great role is when he must take the power of the despots,… — Rui Barbosa Copy Share Image
Already I notice a feeling of 'If this be sociology, Good Lord deliver us.' However sociology has endured many things like it… — Edward Alsworth Ross Copy Share Image
“A friend is a person who always understands your preoccupations, even when other people do not perceive them at all.” — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
“The attempt to interpret human behavior in terms of models derived from the natural sciences eventually destroys personal responsibility.” — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
That subject has lost its one time appeal to economists as our science has become more abstract, but my interest has even… — George Stigler Copy Share Image
“Only a person who is motivated in the inner depths of his being will help without hesitation and with no obligation for… — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
“Do not look for company at all costs, and especially do not allow loneliness to lead you to fickle love or false… — Eraldo Banovac 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
I studied psychology and sociology. I think my assumption was that I would go to graduate school, and I don't know what… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
My first semester of college, I'm going to sociology and English and psychology, and all I cared about was getting home and… — Dylan O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Most people take health at face value. Quite often people understand that health is the most valuable possession only after they become… — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
It appears, then, that ethics, as a branch of knowledge, is nothing more than a department of psychologyand sociology. — A.J. Ayer Copy Share Image