“People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics.” PeopleCountryLightSocialConditionsDevelopmentCharacteristicsSocial Systems Author:Li Peng
“Standing, standing, standing - why do I have to stand all the time? That is the main characteristic of social Washington.” PoliticsSocialStandingCharacteristics Author:Daniel J. Boorstin
“I do not pose my sitters. I do not deliberate and then concoct... Before painting, when I talk to the person, they unconsciously assume their most characteristic pose, which in a way involves all their character and social standing - what the world has done to them and their retaliation.” WorldWayPersonsDoneCharacterSocialPaintingModelsStandingAssumingCharacteristicsDeliberateRetaliation Author:Alice Neel
“Society is organized on the principle that any individual who possesses certain social characteristics has a moral right to expect that others will value and treat him in an appropriate way.” WayCertainValuesIndividualSocialMoralPrinciplesTreatsCharacteristicsOrganizedAppropriate Author:Erving Goffman
“Humor, in one form or another, is characteristic of every nation; and reflecting the salient points of social and national life, it illuminates those crowded corners which history leaves obscure.” HumorFormNationsSocialCornersCharacteristicsObscureReflectingCrowded Book:In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers Source: In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers
“Housekeepers, homemakers, wives, and mothers are fundamental social relations, which rest upon woman's characteristics, physical, mental, and moral.” MotherSocialMoralWifeRelationFundamentalsCharacteristicsDomesticityWives And MothersHousekeepersSocial RelationsHomemaker Author:R. Heber Newton
“We're used to the characteristics of social media - participation, connection, instant gratification - and when school doesn't offer the same, it's easy to tune out.” SchoolUsedSocialEasyMediaOffersConnectionsSocial MediaInstantCharacteristicsTunesParticipationGratificationInstant Gratification Author:Adora Svitak
“The mere fact of leaving ultimate social control in the hands of the people has not guaranteed that men will be able to conduct their lives as free men. Those societies where men know they are free are often democracies, but sometimes they have strong chiefs and kings.they have, however, one common characteristic: they are all alike in making certain freedoms common to all citizens, and inalienable.” PeopleKnowsMenSometimesFactsHandsAbleCertainStrongSocialFreedomCommonDemocracyKingsCitizensUltimateMereLeavingChiefsCharacteristicsMonarchyFree ManSocial Control Book:An Anthropologist at Work Source: An Anthropologist at Work
“When I was in grade school and we had to write papers about what we wanted to be when we grew up, I wanted to be a social worker or a missionary or a teacher... Then I got involved with tennis, and everything was just me, me, me. I was totally selfish and thought about myself and nobody else, because if you let up for one minute, someone was going to come along and beat you. I really wouldn't let anyone or any slice of happiness enter... I didn't like the characteristics that it took to become a champion.” IfsWritingWantedSchoolHappinessSocialTeacherMinutesGrewInvolvedPaperGrew UpBeatsWorkersSelfishSelfishnessChampionCharacteristicsTennisGradesMissionaryPapersSocial WorkerOne MinuteGrades In School Author:Chris Evert