“If I'm in a social situation sometimes I'll hang back and observe people but I feel very much a part of things most of the time and feel very comfortable socializing and have for most of my life.” PeopleIfsFeelsSometimesSocialSituationComfortableSocializing Author:Tobey Maguire
“Sometimes we can't do anything about our social condition, but we can do something about our condition of light.” InspirationalSometimesLightSocialCan DoConditionsBuddhismCan Do SomethingSocial Conditions Author:Frederick Lenz
“I don't particularly enjoy standing alone and recording my own voice or my own stuff. It's sometimes fun to do for demos and stuff, but I really enjoy the social act of recording records, because writing it is so lonely. And it has to be.” WritingSometimesFunSocialStuffEnjoyVoiceMy OwnRecordsStandingLonelyDemosStanding AloneSo Lonely Author:Sondre Lerche
“Sometimes it is claimed by those who argue that race is just a social construct that the human genome project shows that because people share roughly 99% of their genes in common, that there are no races. This is silly.” PeopleHumansSometimesShowsSocialCommonRaceShareProjectsArguingSillyGenesConstructsGenomeGenome ProjectHuman Genome Project Author:J. Philippe Rushton
“I guess Twitter is the first thing that has been attractive to me as social media. I never felt the least draw to Facebook or MySpace. I've been involved anonymously in some tiny listservs, mainly in my ceaseless quest for random novelty, and sometimes while doing something that more closely resembles research.” FirstsHas BeensSometimesSocialFeltMediaInvolvedDrawsResearchSocial MediaTinyAttractiveQuestsNovelty Author:William Gibson
“But the Progressive Conservative is very definitely liberal Republican. These are people who are moderately conservative on economic matters, and in the past have been moderately liberal, even sometimes quite liberal on social policy matters.” PeopleHas BeensSometimesMatterPastSocialEconomicPolicyRepublicanConservativeProgressiveSocial Policy Author:Stephen Harper
“The artist's work, it is sometimes said, is to celebrate. But really that is not so; it is to express wonder. And something terrible resides at the heart of wonder. Celebration is social, amenable. Wonder has a chaotic splendor.” HeartArtSaidSometimesArtistSocialWonderTerribleCelebrateWorking ItCelebrationChaoticSplendorAmenable Book:Spillville: A Collaboration Source: Spillville: A Collaboration
“The confidence in the unlimited power of science is only too often based on a false belief that the scientific method consists in the application of a ready-made technique, or in imitating the form rather than the substance of scientific procedure, as if one needed only to follow some cooking recipes to solve all social problems. It sometimes almost seems as if the techniques of science were more easily learnt than the thinking that shows us what the problems are and how to approach them.” IfsThinkingMadeSometimesShowsProblemSeemsFormBeliefSocialReadyNeededApproachMethodCookingSolveTechniqueSubstanceApplicationUnlimitedRecipesProceduresScientific MethodImitatingSocial ProblemsUnlimited Power Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“I sometimes think humor and satire are more effective techniques for expressing social statements than direct comment.” ThinkingSometimesSocialDirectTechniqueStatementsSatireComment Author:Kristin Hunter
“Self-censorship as a result of intimidation or social pressures, sometimes referred to as "political correctness", constitutes a serious obstacle to the proper functioning of democracy. It is important to hear the views of all persons,including the "silent majority", and to give heed to the weaker voices.” GivingPersonsImportantSelfSometimesPoliticalSocialVoiceResultsViewsDemocracySeriousPressureMajoritySilentIncludingObstaclesCensorshipPolitical CorrectnessHeedCorrectnessIntimidationSocial PressureSelf CensorshipSilent Majority Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“The life of hope, then, is shot through with social influences at every level. We learn to formulate ideals in tandem with others. We pursue particular hopes, sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing, in the company of those we love. And as we develop habits of hope and the hopefulness which helps us weather our trials, we reach out to others, inspiring them, sharing our own hopes with them, and contributing our abilities as best we can to foster the growth of agency.” SometimesHelpingSocialGrowthAbilityLevelsCompanyFailingInfluenceParticularHabitSucceedShotsIdealsTrialsWeatherPursueAgencyReach OutContributingThose We LoveHopefulnessTandem Author:Patrick Shade
“History or custom or social utility or some compelling sense of justice or sometimes perhaps a semi-intuitive apprehension of the pervading spirit of our law must come to the rescue of the anxious judge and tell him where to go.” SometimesLawSpiritSocialJusticeJudgingCustomsAnxiousRescueCompellingIntuitiveUtilityApprehension Author:Benjamin Cardozo
“I have no regrets about my political activity, only that I sometimes got carried away with it and didn't find the right balance between obligations to my family and my need to be involved in social movements.” NeedsSometimesPoliticalSocialMovementRegretBalanceInvolvedActivityMy FamilyObligationNo RegretsCarried AwaySocial MovementsHave No Regrets Author:Howard Zinn
“Sometimes the difference between two candidates is an important one in the immediate sense, and then I believe trying to get somebody into office, who is a little better, who is less dangerous, is understandable. But never forgetting that no matter who gets into office, the crucial question is not who is in office, but what kind of social movement do you have. Because if you have a powerful social movement, it doesn't matter who is in office.” IfsTryingBelieveKindLittlesTwoImportantSometimesMatterI BelieveSocialDifferencesForgetPowerfulDangerousMovementOfficeCandidatesNever ForgetCrucialSocial Movements Author:Howard Zinn
“'Back To Love' is a way of letting people know that sometimes you get caught up in trying to be successful in school or in your social life, and it's a reminder not to forget that each day people are getting older. Nobody is promised tomorrow, so we should make sure that we spend quality time with quality people.” PeopleKnowsWayShouldTryingSometimesSchoolSocialForgetLove IsQualitySuccessfulTomorrowCaughtEach DayBeing SuccessfulCaught UpRemindersGetting OlderSocial LifeQuality Time Author:Anthony Hamilton
“One reason citizens, politicians and university donors sometimes lack confidence in the social sciences is that social scientists too often miss the chance to declare victory and move on to new frontiers.” SometimesReasonMovingSocialChanceMissingVictoryCitizensPoliticianScientistUniversityFrontiersSocial ScienceDonorsNew Frontiers Author:Nicholas A. Christakis
“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
“Whilst no people appears in history without the sign and palladium of a positive faith, without temple, altar, priesthood--that is to say, without a constituted religion--unbelief appears only under an individual form, sometimes proscribed, sometimes tolerated, seldom powerful, and never becoming established as the public and social expression of a nation.” PeopleSometimesFormIndividualNationsSocialPowerfulAtheismExpressionBecomingTemplesAltarsUnbeliefPriesthood Author:Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
“Adolescence has been recognised as a stage of human development since medieval times--long, long before the industrial revolution--and, as it is now, has long been seen as a phase which centers on the fusion of sexual and social maturity. Indeed, adolescence as a concept has as long a history as that of puberty, which is sometimes considered more concrete, and hence much easier to name and to recognize.” HumansLongHas BeensSometimesNamesSocialStageRevolutionDevelopmentEasierConceptsMaturityConcretePhasesAdolescenceMedievalHuman DevelopmentPubertyFusionIndustrial RevolutionMedieval Times Author:Terri E Apter