Basketball team Quote by Anonymous
““You ought to go to a boys' school sometime. Try it sometime," I said. "It's full of phonies, and all you do is study so that you can learn enough to be smart enough to be able to buy a goddam Cadillac some day, and you have to keep making believe you give a damn if the football team loses, and all you do is talk about girls and liquor and sex all day, and everybody sticks together in these dirty little goddam cliques. The guys that are on the basketball team stick together, the Catholics stick together, the goddam intellectuals stick together, the guys that play bridge stick together. Even the guys that belong to the goddam Book-of-the-Month Club stick together.””
About This Quote
Source Novel: Unknown contemporary novel, early 2000s
Social groups form cliques based on shared interests, creating exclusionary dynamics.
In simple terms: People stick with similar groups, often excluding others.
Key Takeaway
Seek diverse connections beyond familiar cliques.
Themes
social dynamics
identity
exclusion
Mood
critical
observational
analytical
Type
social
cultural
critical
When to use this quote
- school life
- workplace
- community events
- online forums
Key Concepts
group behavior
peer pressure
Questions to Reflect On
- Why do we gravitate toward similar people?
- How can we break out of limiting groups?
A Different Perspective
Cliques can provide support but also limit perspective.
