Emile Durkheim Quotes

A monomaniac is a sick person whose mentality is perfectly healthy in all respects but one; he has a single flaw, clearly localized. At times, for example, he has an unreasonable and absurd desire to drink or steal or use abusive language; but all his other acts and all his other thoughts are strictly correct.

Emile Durkheim

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Social media has changed the world forever. We're not going to go backwards. People are not going to accept being poor, accept being excluded anymore.

Jim Yong Kim

Social MediaPeopleWorldMediaGo

What might be good for ratings can be bad for the country. The hard-core partisans are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities. But the majority of Americans are starting to wake up to the game.

John Avlon

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The elusive truth is that there is nothing stress-producing in the physical world. Things simply are. Molecules move. Light and sound appear.

Andrew J. Bernstein

TruthLightWorldTruth IsNothing

Of the many ways in which Donald J. Trump is disrupting American politics, one of the most compelling is his disregard for the established rules of communicating with voters.

Anand Giridharadas

PoliticsAmericanRulesMostMany

I will never cheat in any walk of life.

Lizzie Armitstead

LifeWalkWillNeverCheatAny

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

Joseph Joubert

BestWalkAngerShortLongTemper

I suffer from stage fright, so I blabber on stage and stop midway through my performances. I cannot even write a cheque, as it makes me nervous. Being around people makes me nervous. But I'm very comfortable in front of the camera, and this I realised many films later.

Dhanush

PeopleMeCameraStopNervousWrite

A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate.

Donella Meadows

EnvironmentalWorldHelpPresident

Maybe 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' didn't have a lot of visual effects in it, but most movies have some sort of visual effects.

Conrad Vernon

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Our songs aren't metaphorical, normally: they're literal in their interpretation.

Brad Paisley

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People tend to scare you pointing out your shortfalls. If you voluntarily admit your faults, then people won't have anything to point out.

Anupam Kher

PeopleYouAdmitOutPointAnything

When you really understand who you are, it enables you to fight and believe.

Phil Knight

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