“The discourse on the Text should itself be nothing other than text, research, textual activity, since the Text is that social space which leaves no language safe, outside, nor any subject of the enunciation in position as judge, master, analyst, confessor, decoder. The theory of the Text can coincide only with a practice of writing.” ShouldWritingLanguageSocialSpacePracticeSubjectsPositionJudgingMastersTheoryActivitySafeResearchDiscourseAnalysts Author:Roland Barthes
“I think, 'How could anybody mock a good pop song?' It is timeless; it transcends barriers; it breaks down every single type of social barrier that you can possibly have. It can deal with the most difficult subjects, even if it abstracts the subject matter.” IfsThinkingMatterSongSocialDifficultDealsBreakSubjectsTypePopsBarriersTimelessBreaking DownSubject MatterMockPop SongDifficult Subjects Author:Mika
“On the contrary, it's because somebody knows something about it that we can't talk about physics . It's the things that nobody knows anything about that we can discuss. We can talk about the weather; we can talk about social problems; we can talk about psychology; we can talk about international finance gold transfers we can't talk about, because those are understood so it's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” KnowsProblemSocialPsychologySubjectsUnderstoodGoldInternationalContraryPhysicsWeatherFinanceTransfersNobody KnowsSocial Problems Author:Richard P. Feynman
“My temperament and habit had always kept me rather in the middle of the road; in politics as well as in social reform I had been for "the best possible." But now I was pushed far toward the left on the subject of the war and I became gradually convinced that in order to make the position of the pacifist clear it was perhaps necessary that at least a small number of us should be forced into an unequivocal position.” ShouldWellsWarOrderLeftSocialNumbersClearMiddleSubjectsPositionHabitConvincedReformTemperamentSocial ReformPacifistSmall NumbersMiddle Of The RoadUnequivocal Book:The Jane Addams Reader Source: The Jane Addams Reader
“Coffee has assumed a social meaning that goes far beyond the simple black brew in the cup. The worldwide coffee culture is more than a culture - it is a cult. There are usenet newsgroups on the subject, along with innumerable sites on the World Wide Web, and Starbucks outlets populate every street corner, vying for space with other coffeehouses and chains. And after all is said and done, it's just the pit of a berry from an Ethiopian shrub.” WorldSaidDoneCultureSocialBlackSimpleSpaceStreetsSubjectsCornersWideCoffeeChainsCupsSiteCultOutletsPitsBerriesStarbucksSaid And DoneStreet CornersWorld Wide WebShrubs Author:Mark Pendergrast
“Anybody who is a professional athlete who has a social media account on any of the networks, when they sign up for that account, they subject themselves to all of the criticisms and all of the praises that may or may not be out there. So you can't get on social media and complain about the people because that's what you know you're dealing with. You have to hear it. You don't have to respond. Me personally, I don't respond to the negativity. It's gonna be there. I read it. It keeps me grounded.” PeopleKnowsMaySocialSubjectsMediaCriticismAccountsPraiseAthleteSocial MediaComplainingNegativityGroundedProfessional Athlete Author:George Wilson
“I like big escapist films. It's odd because the type of comedian I am and the things I do when I'm writing and directing myself usually deal with the darker side of the human psyche and excruciating social faux pas. I often deal in taboos and the subjects I do as a stand-up are quite challenging. But my film roles have been much more fun and escapist.” WritingHumansHas BeensBigsFilmFunSocialSidesChallengesDealsRolesSubjectsTypeComedianOddTabooHuman PsycheEscapistsFauxDarker SideFaux Pas Author:Ricky Gervais
“If society is to progress on a truly humanistic basis, without being subject to mental epidemics and virulent social diseases to which the subconscious falls an easy victim, the personal consciousness of every individual should be cultivated to the highest degree possible.” IfsShouldFallIndividualSocialEasyConsciousnessProgressSubjectsDiseaseDegreesHighestBasesVictimSubconsciousEpidemicsHumanistic Author:Boris Sidis
“Even as rigorous a determinist as Karl Marx, who at times described the social behaviour of the bourgeoisie in terms which suggested a problem in social physics, could subject it at other times to a withering scorn which only the presupposition of moral responsibility could justify.” ProblemSocialTermResponsibilityMoralSubjectsPhysicsJustifyBehaviourScornBourgeoisieMoral ResponsibilityWithering Book:An Interpretation of Christian Ethics Source: An Interpretation of Christian Ethics
“Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science.” ChildrenArtTodaySchoolSocialStudySacrificeSubjectsMathSocial StudiesPhysical Education Author:Geoffrey Canada
“In view of the importance of philanthropy in our society, it is surprising that so little attention has been given to it by economic or social theorists. In economic theory, especially, the subject is almost completely ignored. This is not, I think, because economists regard mankind as basically selfish or even because economic man is supposed to act only in his self-interest; it is rather because economics has essentially grown up around the phenomenon of exchange and its theoretical structure rests heavily on this process.” ThinkingMenLittlesHas BeensSelfGivenSocialProcessInterestViewsAttentionEconomicSubjectsMankindTheoryEconomicsImportanceRegardStructureSelfishOur SocietyPhenomenonSurprisingPhilanthropyIgnoredEconomistTheoreticalSelf InterestTheoristsEconomic Theory Author:Kenneth E. Boulding