Ulrich Beck Quotes

Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.

Ulrich Beck

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sociologist
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: May 15, 1944 - January 1, 2015

Topics

LossSovereigntyBenefitActually

We live inside our universe and cannot get a bird's-eye view of it from outside. And we cannot even see all of our universe. Distant parts of it are expanding away from us so fast that they are invisible; they go faster than the speed of light. Having bigger telescopes to see fainter stars will not help us here: invisible is truly invisible.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

StarsLiveLightUniverseViewHelp

Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they didn't have $50 for a bus ticket out of town. If we want to learn something from this disaster, the lesson ought to be: America's poor deserve better than this.

Michael Eric Dyson

WisdomPeopleBetterAmericanLearn

Someone that you obviously can trust and someone that you would trust your life with - that's a really good friend.

Ron Hall

LifeGoodFriendTrustSomeoneYou

In England, you laugh at yourselves; in France, we laugh at others.

Lou Doillon

LaughYouOthersFranceEngland

There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a man talking to himself or a woman standing dreaming at her stove. It is as if another planet is communicating with you.

Jean Baudrillard

WomanManTalkingYouNothingMore

I really believe that we're a studio-based band, and I have always thought that.

Josh Silver

BelieveThoughtBandAlwaysReally

For me, it's about touching as many people as I can and helping as many people as I can with my music.

Jorja Smith

MusicPeopleMeI CanHelpingMany

Beneath the surface of your ego's insatiable cravings, your authentic desires are waiting patiently for you to acknowledge, claim and express them.

Debbie Ford

WaitingEgoYouSurfaceClaimYour

Myself, I'm a post-ideological conservative.

Christopher Buckley

MyselfConservative

I thought that the older I got, that partying would change - and it has - in the way that now I know how to party.

Brendon Urie

ChangeThoughtPartyKnowNowWay

From an evolutionary perspective children are, literally, designed to learn. Childhood is a special period of protected immaturity. It gives the young breathing time to master the things they will need to know in order to survive as adults.

Alison Gopnik

ChildrenTimePerspectiveChildhood

Use of energy-efficient LEDs, pumps, fans, and air-conditioners will save power consumption and reduces the peak load.

Piyush Goyal

PowerWillFansPeakSaveLoad

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