Emile Durkheim Quotes

There is a collective as well as an individual humor inclining peoples to sadness or cheerfulness, making them see things in bright or somber lights. In fact, only society can pass a collective opinion on the value of human life; for this the individual is incompetent.

Emile Durkheim

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeHumorValueOpinionSociety

I don't care about being on top, about being No. 1. I just make movies for a few suckers in the audience, anyway.

John Cassavetes

CareMoviesTopAudienceBeingJust

I never really understood the idea that nonfiction ought to be this dispensary of data that we have at the moment.

John D'Agata

MomentDataNeverNonfictionIdea

I have these accidents, these mistakes, these self-inflicted wounds, and then I tear my head to shreds about it for days.

John Mayer

MistakesAccidentsHeadDaysWounds

Believe it or not, I can actually draw.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

BelieveI CanActuallyDraw

The three books I've written in Florida about L.A. are my best takes on the physicality of the city, as far as description goes.

Michael Connelly

BestCityThreeFloridaBooksFar

I've made some stupid decisions, so I have to be careful. I once said 'no' to a film that was a number-one hit. And 'Date Movie' had the smallest budget of any movie I'd been in, and it went to the top of the box office.

Sophie Monk

StupidDecisionsBudgetSaidOffice

I would say to always follow your dream. And dream big because my whole career, including any of the things that I've accomplished, I never thought in a million years that I would be here. So it just proves that once you believe in yourself, and you put your mind to something, you can do it.

Simone Biles

Believe In YourselfYourselfMindYou

I came from a family where, you know, we sat down at the table every night, and you better have a story to tell. My father never wrote his stories down. And you know, I learned that they went farther if you wrote them down.

Ruth Reichl

FamilyFatherNightStoryBetter

This picture has been painted of me. It's not right. I am 100% clean.

Mo Farah

I AmMePictureCleanRightBeen

We don't hold anything back. We go for broke, and if we have a good idea for a story line, we just use it because you never know and because the dynamics of the show are going to change.

Josh Schwartz

ChangeGoodStoryYouBackKnow

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

Christopher Dawson

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December 25th has become guilt and obligation.

Phil Donahue

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