“The history of the transformation of myth into religion (ideology) is not separable from the history of the constitution of a corps of specialized producers of religious rites and discourses, i.e. the progress of the division of religious labour, which is itself a dimension of the progress of the division of social labour, and hence the division into classes.” ReligionClassWeber Author:Pierre Bourdieu
“Max Weber traces the origins of modern capitalism to certain Calvinists who, disregarding the parable of the camel and the eye of the needle, preach the doctrine of the just rewards of work. Yet the concept of shifting and increasing one's "wealth on the hoof" has a history as old as herding itself. Domesticated animals are "currency", "things that run", from the French courir. In fact almost all our monetary expressions - capital, stock, pecuniary, chattel, sterling - perhaps even the idea of "growth" itself - have their origins in the pastoral world.” MoneyCapitalismCurrencyCalvinismWeber Book:The Songlines Source: The Songlines
“Footnote 24 I can't help but hear an echo of Nietzsche's question of 'what type of man should be bred' in Weber's 1895 - the same year that The Antichrist was first published - inaugural lecture 'The Nation State and Economic Policy,' when he writes that 'the question which stirs us as we think beyond the grave of our own generation is not the well-being human beings will enjoy [that of the last man?] in the future but what kind of people they will be' (quoted in Peter Lassman and Ronald Speirs, eds., Weber: Political Writings [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994], 15).” Well BeingBeingNietzscheWeber Book:Nietzsche's Great Politics Source: Nietzsche's Great Politics
“Raymond Aron ascribes to Weber the view that 'each man's conscience is irrefutable.' ... while [Weber] holds that an agent may be more or less rational in acting consistently with his values, the choice of any one particular evaluative stance or commitment can be no more rational than any other. All faiths and all evaluations are equally non-rational.” MenMayValuesChoicesViewsActingParticularConscienceCommitmentRationalAgentsConsistentlyStanceEvaluationWeber Author:Alasdair MacIntyre
“I tend to be a loner I think a lot of social theorists are like that. On one level, the majority of the most important people to me are people who I have imaginary conversations with in the deep of the night: I'm often in conversation with Max Weber or Karl Marx or someone like that. Those are the people I'm closest to and that have had the most influence on me!” PeopleThinkingImportantNightSocialLevelsInfluenceConversationMajorityImaginaryClosestMaxLonerTheoristsWeber Author:George Ritzer
“About a minute-and-a-half to go. He goes on a down-and-in pass. As soon as he caught it, I really puffed him, and his head snapped and the ball flew, and Chuck Weber fell on it. I clenched my fist, I turned around, and I closed my eyes and I said, 'This f-in game is over.'” SaidEyeGamesHalfMinutesGoes OnBallsDown AndCaughtNflFistsFlewChuckWeber Author:Chuck Bednarik
“While there are many varieties of grills, each with their own virtues to be sure, I prefer the standard Weber kettle grill. Don't be fooled into thinking that you need any fancy gadgets in order to take advantage of cooking over a live fire. Just a good set of tongs and you're set.” ThinkingNeedsOrderVirtueFireStandardsAdvantageCookingVarietyFancyFooledGadgetsKettlesWeber Author:Barton Seaver
“Weber's writing is as strong as any in the Contemporary Folk community. ' Goodbye to Dad' is one of the best original tunes that I have heard in a long time.” WritingLongStrongCommunityHeardDadLong TimeOriginalsFolksContemporaryGoodbyeTunesWeber Author:Christopher Anderson
“The very first big photo shoot I ever did was with Bruce Weber. I couldn't believe this guy was taking my picture, so when he told me to get in the bathtub, I just did. It's only now, looking back, that I realise, you don't have to do everything people tell you.” PeopleFirstsBelieveBigsGuyRealisingLooking BackThis GuyPhoto ShootsBathtubsWeber Author:Matt Damon
“If you own a simple Weber kettle grill, you own a smoker. You don't have to spend an enormous amount of money or even buy an extra piece of equipment. If you have that kettle grill, the whole secret to getting a lower temperature is to set up your grill for indirect grilling and use only half as much charcoal.” IfsWholeUseSimpleSecretHalfPiecesAmountEnormousExtrasEquipmentTemperatureIndirectSmokersKettlesCharcoalGrillingWeber Author:Steven Raichlen
“In a democratic society, as Max Weber said, what is possible is only possible because some people have demanded the impossible. The abolitionists helped to create a public discourse in which men like Lincoln become possible. That doesn't mean Lincoln is an abolitionist. It means there is a public opinion out there which is being influenced by antislavery sentiment.” PeopleMenMeanSaidOpinionImpossibleDemocraticSentimentsDiscoursePublic OpinionMaxDemocratic SocietyAbolitionistPublic DiscourseWeber Author:Eric Foner
“The simplest fix for better grilling is to line the inside of your barbecue with tin foil. It dramatically affects how evenly the heat is distributed. That crusty black hibachi or Weber grill is doing your food no favors.” BlackLinesFavorsHeatSimplestTinBarbecueFoilsGrillingWeber Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“Believing, with Max Weber, that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun, I take culture to be those webs, and the analysis of it to be therefore not an experimental science in search of law but an interpretive one in search of meaning.” MenBelieveLawCultureAnimalHeroAnalysisSignificanceHeroicMaxSuspendedSpunExperimental ScienceWeber Book:The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays Source: The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays
“The attention from the fashion world is something that I didn't expect. I've shot with Bruce Weber and met Karl Lagerfeld. Having that kind of attention is really exciting.” WorldKindAttentionFashionMetsShotsExcitingFashion WorldWeber Author:Emily Ratajkowski
“I had to go and sing with the musical director of the film, Simon Lee, who is just incredible, and it went great. I sang with him about five things, things we'd worked on. And then I went to sing for Andrew Lloyd Weber.” FilmFiveDirectorsMusicalIncrediblesAndrewWeber Author:Gerard Butler
“Coach Bruce Weber told me in a meeting that all I have to do is play pretty well. The rest of the guys are doing well now. It takes a lot of pressure off Dee and especially myself. Luther and Deron and all the assists and rebounds and all the points that were lost, somebody has to make them up. In reality, you can't do all that.” WellsPlayRealityGuyLostPressureMeetingsCoachesLutherReboundWeber Author:James Augustine
“Max Weber was right in subscribing to the view that one need not be Caesar in order to understand Caesar. But there is a temptation for us theoretical sociologists to act sometimes as though it is not necessary even to study Caesar in order to understand him. Yet we know that the interplay of theory and research makes both for understanding of the specific case and expansion of the general rule.” KnowsNeedsSometimesOrderUnderstandingViewsCasesStudyTheoryResearchTemptationExpansionTheoreticalMaxSociologistsWeber Author:Robert K. Merton
“My mind and fingers have worked like the damned. Homer, the Bible, Plato, Locke, Lamartine, Chateaubriand, Beethoven, Bach, Hummel, Mozart, Weber are all around me. I study them. I devour them with fury.” MindInspirationStudyFingersPlatoFuryWeber Author:Franz Liszt