Adversity Quote by Pierre Bourdieu

Even at its most perceptive, sociology deals in abstractions.

— Richard Russo

Sociology presupposes a certain awareness that human events have different levels of meaning, some of which are hidden from the consciousness of everyday life

— Anonymous

My students often ask me, 'What is sociology?' And I tell them, 'It's the study of the way in which human beings are shaped…

— Sam Richards

When you do not know how to focus your thoughts effectively, they can become scattered, miscellaneous, and fixated on "stuff negative notions, toxic relationships,…

— Anonymous

I too had thoughts once of being an intellectual, but I found it too difficult.

— Albert Schweitzer

I admit that the eyes of the intellectually and culturally lively tend to glaze over at the mere mention of sociology, often with ample…

— Richard Wall

Once you think a thought, it is extremely difficult to unthink it.

— John Green

“In my early teens, [my grandfather] would sometimes stomp around his living room, where he used to shave towards mid-day with bowl, brush and…

— Peter Hitchens

I was trying to write a straightforward book of sociological analysis, or at least cultural criticism, and I failed.

— Michael Eric Dyson

Whatever sociology may be, it is the result of constantly asking the question, what is the meaning of this?

— C. Wright Mills

To date, the enterprise of thinking has moved us radically away from understanding anything.

— Terence McKenna

Thinking is difficult and sometimes unpleasant.

— Dan Ariely