Famous Quotes from Sociology
"Society is an insane asylum ran by the inmates." Erving Goffman
"The idea of "race" represents one of the most dangerous myths of our time." Ashley Montagu
"Society is the old man behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz." Gloria Steinheim
"I try to be objective. I do not claim to be detached." C. Wright Mills
"Whatever sociology may be, it is the result of constantly asking the question, what is the meaning of this?" C. Wright Mills
"Invention is the mother of necessity." Thorstein Veblen
"The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggle." Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels
"Freedom is the opportunity for right development, for development in accordance with the progressive ideal of life that we have in conscience." Charles H. Cooley
"The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values." C. Wright Mills.
"It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but their social existence that determines their consciousness." Karl Marx
"Man is a moral being, only because he lives in society. Let all social life disappear and morality will disappear with it." Emile Durkheim
"Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of spiritless conditions. It is the opiate of the masses." Karl Marx
"No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother." Margaret Sanger
"My basic postulate is that no cultural forms survive unless they constitute responses which are adjustive or adaptive." Clyde Kluckholn
"Habit is the great flywheel of society." William James
"The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society." That is its task and its promise." C. Wright Mills.