Countermovement Sociology Quotes & Sayings

Men love to be the first to read the newspaper in the morning. Not being the first is upsetting to their psyches. — Rita Rudner

Is this irony, hypocrisy, or a contradiction? I'm never sure which term is appropriate." "Call it all three if you want," Andreas said. "Chutzpah. That's a fourth term. — Jonathan Franzen

Even his voice had accrued a certain rancour as though the detritus of words long left unsaid inside the cave of his mouth had become rusty and scattered in tiny bits on the top of his tongue whenever he opened his mouth to speak. — Chigozie Obioma

I dislike Bush as much as probably anybody on earth could, but having said that ... It's not like I'm going to change anybody's mind. — Patterson Hood

Sometimes a person has to let go of something to take hold of something else. — Heidi Heilig

The prayer does call for serious, serious punishment on people. But I didn't call for that, God did. — Wiley Drake

It's all in how you look at your life, because no one has a wonderful life. But you can make it what you want it to be. — Karolyn Grimes

Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed. — George Henry Lewes

For me it was sort of career suicide to work in color, but I did it because I perceived myself from an early stage to be interested in seasonality - the changing of the seasons - that's what I deeply loved. — Joel Sternfeld

Love in the service of self is greed in disguise. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Us reaching the moon convinced Gorbachev and other leaders that the Soviet Union couldn't compete with the U.S., so they revised their agenda. But people have short memories. — Buzz Aldrin

Let's play a game of whose life sucks worse ... I'll win, I always win ... — Ellen Pompeo