“I'm not super social, don't really go to parties, or basketball games, or football games very often, the big social occasions.” BigsGamesSocialPartyFootballBasketballOccasionsFootball GameBasketball Game Author:Taylor Phinney
“The frequency with which a man experiences lust depends upon his own physical condition, whereas the occasion which rouse such feelings in him depend upon the social conventions to which he is accustomed” MenFeelingsSocialConditionsDependsLustOccasionsConventionsAccustomedFrequency Book:Marriage and Morals Source: Marriage and Morals
“Orientation in time, space, and status are the essentials of social existence, and the Balinese, although they make very strong spirits for ceremonial occasions, with a few startling exceptions resist alcohol, because if one drinks one loses one's orientation. Orientation is felt as a protection rather than as a strait jacket and its loss provokes extreme anxiety.” IfsSpiritStrongSocialFeltLosesLossSpaceExistenceDrinkEssentialsAnxietyExtremesProtectionAlcoholOccasionsExceptionVery StrongProvokingJacketsOrientationStrong SpiritBalinese Book:Balinese Character: A Photographic Analysis Source: Balinese Character: A Photographic Analysis
“On several occasions, we are informed that the professional ideal 'took steps', 'organised assaults', and 'selected social problems'. But this is anthropomorphic metaphor implausibly masquerading as historical explanation.” BookProblemLanguageSocialStepsIdealsHistoricalMetaphorOccasionsExplanationAssaultSelectedSocial ProblemsOrganised Book:History in Our Time Source: History in Our Time