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Talcott Parsons Quotes

Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of theoretical systems.

Talcott Parsons

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Special Structure Logical Elements

I've always been intemperate in my affection for food.

Jim Harrison

Food Affection Always Been

Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.

Max Beerbohm

Doing Worth Done Anything Things

Madonna is untouchable. She is absolutely lovely. On a personal level, she's everything you would expect. She's so down to earth.

Matthew Williamson

You Down Earth Personal She Lovely

I think the rising and falling popularity of areas like hard SF and far-future SF is, to a considerable extent, the same as any other fashion.

Stanley Schmidt

Fashion Think Hard Falling Rising

Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still living with the moral concepts of Homer.

Michelangelo Antonioni

Man Moon Moral Living Concepts

Think of Donald Trump's personal qualities, the bullying, the greed, the showing off, the misogyny, the absurd third-grade theatrics. We have long referred to him as 'The Donald.' He is the only person in America to whom we have added an article before his name. It wasn't because he had attributes we admired.

Mitt Romney

Bullying Think Name Greed America

Tony Blair is paid $500,000 for one speech, and no one asks how he is going to spend it.

Mo Ibrahim

Speech Going Paid He How Spend

Some people get their books on the best-seller list and then they count the number of weeks, and I just never want to live that way.

Lorrie Moore

Live People Want Way Never Count

There's a thing in comedy where you take one step into a bad idea, but if you take 10, then it becomes a good idea again.

Jonathan Krisel

Good Step Comedy You Bad Good Idea

Be impeccable with your word.

Don Miguel Ruiz

Your Word Impeccable

I've learned the dangerous lesson of the web: You succeed by giving up control, and that's inverse of the normal campaign.

David Weinberger

Control Succeed Giving You Lesson

Love's an excuse to get hurt.

Conor Oberst

Love Hurt Get Excuse