Emile Durkheim Quotes

A person is not merely a single subject distinguished from all the others. It is especially a being to which is attributed a relative autonomy in relation to the environment with which it is most immediately in contact.

Emile Durkheim

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sociologist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: April 15, 1858 - November 15, 1917

Topics

EnvironmentPersonOthersSingle

I would say a lot of the emotion in what I do is a sort of a thankfulness for those energies being around, because there's been points in my life when they weren't around, and it's a real sort of miserable existence.

John Frusciante

LifeMy LifeSayEmotionExistence

American businesses are struggling to pay outrageous, exploitive insurance bills for their employees, hampering our ability to compete globally.

Andrew Weil

AmericanEmployeesInsurancePayOur

You couldn't have human society without language.

John Maynard Smith

SocietyLanguageYouHumanWithout

When science tries to resolve its conflicts by adding and subtracting dimensions to the Universe like houses on a Monopoly board, we need to examine our dogmas.

Robert Lanza

ScienceUniverseNeedResolveLike

I think it's important for tourists to know the facts of what's happening in the Maldives. I don't think people realize that there's a flogging taking place a kilometer away when they're sunbathing in their resort.

Amal Clooney

PeopleThinkFactsPlaceKnowAway

I want to have not only the good side of life but the bad side of life. And the both combined is just my music. It's funny at the same time as it's sad.

Stromae

LifeFunnyGoodMusicSadTime

I haven't danced since I stopped at 28. I haven't even taken a class.

Sofia Boutella

ClassEvenTakenSinceStopped

I have some friends, some honest friends, and honest friends are few; My pipe of briar, my open fire, A book that's not too new.

Robert W. Service

FireBookFriendsNewOpenHonest

I feel Afghanistan has a very strong social fabric and sense of family... what I would like to do is encourage everybody in the country to appreciate more the role of women at home and outside.

Rula Ghani

FamilyHomeWomenStrongAppreciate

I'd heard Joyce Grenfell on the radio, and when Mum gave me a book of her comic routines, I just loved it. Me and my sister shared a bedroom, and every night I'd drive her mad with my version of 'George, Don't Do That' about people we knew at school.

Dorothy Atkinson

SchoolPeopleMeSisterNightDrive

I'm not jaded yet. I'm still at the point where, if someone comes up to me with great energy, I'm happy to meet them.

David Walton

GreatHappyMeEnergySomeoneMeet

Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action.

Constantin Brancusi

ValueActionWithoutPatternsCounts

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