Talcott Parsons Quotes

The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing.

Talcott Parsons

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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

'Almost' can be a polite way of saying something definitely. It withholds the obvious and dangles it just long enough.

Andre Aciman

SayingEnoughLongWaySomething

Politics, after all, is largely about power. And power goes to the core of our issues of control and narcissism and need to be right and tendency to divide the human race into 'us' vs. 'them.'

John Ortberg

PowerPoliticsControlRaceNeedUs

I will say that Rick will probably die before the end of the book. I'll go ahead and put that in print. Nobody's safe. I've almost killed him three times already.

Robert Kirkman

BookEndDieNobodyGoThree

The most important thing parents can do, although it's not the only thing they should do, is model the behavior they want from their kids.

Angela Duckworth

ParentsBehaviorImportantWantKids

I am very glad as well that it is a presidency built on a campaign that emphasized ideas. I hope it will be a presidency that will enable everybody to be part of and proud of.

Michael D. Higgins

HopeI AmIdeasProudWillWell

Drugs will get you out of your own way, but we lived it, and that's dangerous. It can actually turn around on itself and steal your soul, and that's what happened.

Steven Tyler

SoulYouDangerousWillWayTurn

I didn't know what the word 'genre' meant till I was twenty years old.

Trombone Shorty

KnowOldYearsTwentyWordGenre

I live in New York simply because I don't know any better. I moved there when the show went off the air a couple of years after that.

Mary Tyler Moore

LiveNew YorkBetterNewKnowAir

I think that's what makes my music different from other artists in my lane is that I write every word that's on my album, and every word comes from a real experience or a real feeling that I've either experienced or felt. And I'm very particular about that, and I take a lot of pride in it, so you know if I say something on a song, I mean it.

Mike Posner

MusicExperienceSongThinkPride

Rest is huge because if you're sleep-deprived, that can definitely run into the mental side of the game and can definitely hurt your game if you're playing tournament golf.

Jason Day

GameRestHurtGolfYouRun

'North by Northwest' was a big influence for 'The Bourne Identity.'

Doug Liman

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