John Shelton Reed Quotes

We could say that people who eat grits, listen to country music, follow stock-car racing, support corporal punishment in the schools, hunt 'possum, go to Baptist churches and prefer bourbon to Scotch are likely to be Southerners.

John Shelton Reed

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sociologist
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: 1942

Topics

MusicSupportPeopleRacingCountry

Design negotiates between technology, policy, systems, and users.

Jens Martin Skibsted

TechnologyDesignPolicyBetween

A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.

Sophocles

DayHumanUpThingsLowAgain

There will be a big tax cut for the middle class. But any tax cuts we have for the upper class will be offset by less deductions that will pay for it.

Steve Mnuchin

TaxWillClassPayBigMiddle

I grew up with Jilly and Tamsin driving Volvos. But I wasn't one of them... I always felt more comfortable with Cockney and working-class people. My heroes were the Beatles and people like Michael Caine.

Tracey Ullman

PeopleDrivingComfortableHeroesUp

When we first started, we were a band from Athens and that was so off the map.

Michael Stipe

MapBandFirstAthensStartedOff

I think that the Internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government. The one thing that's missing, but that will soon be developed, is a reliable e-cash - a method whereby on the Internet you can transfer funds from A to B without A knowing B or B knowing A.

Milton Friedman

GovernmentThinkInternetYouWill

If you have to think about whether you love someone or not then the answer is no. When you love someone you just know.

Janice Markowitz

LoveThinkSomeoneYouKnowAnswer

Your email inbox is a bit like a Las Vegas roulette machine. You know, you just check it and check it, and every once in a while there's some juicy little tidbit of reward, like the three quarters that pop down on a one-armed bandit. And that keeps you coming back for more.

Douglas Rushkoff

VegasYouRewardBackDownKnow

I had eel at a sushi bar once; it's disgusting. I thought it was chicken. It looked like chicken. It was brown and looked delicious, and I was like, 'That looks safe.' It wasn't.

Chris Evans

ThoughtLooksSushiChickenBar

Play is the work of children. It's very serious stuff.

Bob Keeshan

WorkChildrenPlaySeriousStuff

Melanie is more of a disciplinarian with the little girl than me, probably because it's my first baby. She gets everything easy from Papa. I am more weak. She takes advantage of me.

Antonio Banderas

GirlI AmMeBabyEasyShe

I want to be part of great cinema. That is my only aim.

Anushka Sharma

GreatCinemaWantAimOnlyPart

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