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Talcott Parsons Quotes

A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.

Talcott Parsons

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: sociologist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 13, 1902 - May 8, 1979

Topics

Facts System Been State Other Which

U2 are a great band; they've given us an unbelievable body of work, and all of us musicians owe them at least something. I can honestly say that every time I have played the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, as soon as my drums are set up, I go into the beat of 'Sunday Bloody Sunday.'

Jimmy Chamberlin

Work Great Time Red Musicians Body

I think from the very beginning with 'We Are Young,' there was never any question about where we wanted the song to go and what we wanted it to sound like. And we knew that we wanted it to be big, we wanted it to be booming over the speakers at an arena or something.

Andrew Dost

Beginning Song Think Go Young Never

Well, it is true that they did - the Pentagon did impose rules for governing the handling of the Koran in January of 2003, after there had been complaints about the handling of the Koran from detainees, from the International Red Cross.

Michael Isikoff

January Red Rules True Well Been

Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings.

Soren Kierkegaard

Beginning Evil World Boredom Back

The more dynamic the capitalistic expansion, the greater the disparity. It is from the disparity that we are going to get all the political upheaval for the next few years.

Robert D. Kaplan

Political More Next Years Going Get

My cartoons haven't been about the politics of the day or about the personalities; I'm more interested in campaigning about the issues.

Judy Horacek

Day Politics More Been Cartoons

I bought a pair of Birkenstocks today - let's be real. I wanted a chunky sandal that was functional. That should tell you where I am at as far as fashion.

Chloe Sevigny

Today I Am Fashion You Real Tell

The pinpoints of starlight we see with the naked eye are photons that have been streaming toward us for a few years or a few thousand.

Brian Greene

Eye Years Naked See Us Been

There've been many a season where I couldn't get work, and I think that you learn character development and you learn how to really want what you do in life when you can't really do it.

Anthony Michael Hall

Life Work Character Think Learn You

Oliver Sacks remains my hero to this day. He was one of the first medical writers I read. The other was Lewis Thomas, who is no longer alive but is just heroic to me.

Atul Gawande

Hero Day Medical Me Alive First

As an astrophysicist, my research work involves mapping dark matter, the elusive substance that accounts for about a quarter of our universe.

Priyamvada Natarajan

Work Research Universe Dark Matter

Stars are like thoroughbreds. Yes, it's a little more dangerous with them. They are more temperamental. You have to be careful because you can be thrown. But when they do what they do best - whatever it is that's made them a star - it's really exciting.

Sydney Pollack

Stars Best You Dangerous More Star