Durkheims Anomie Quotes & Sayings

Imbalance of reason and emotion may explain the tenacity of religion in societies: world religions are optimized to tap into the emotional networks, and great arguments of reason amount to little against such magnetic pull. — David Eagleman

If he were a man of strong mind, it only gave him fits; but a person of mere average intellect it usually sent mad. — Jerome K. Jerome

You need to make relationships to help you. — Andrew Shue

The city reeked of death, and the savages that resided within its imposing starkness existed in fear of their lives. They had been shocked by the recent bloody Whitechapel murders, as if starvation, disease, moral degradation, and perpetual smog drowning all color in gray wasn't enough to bring home the pathetic reality of their miserable existence. The police were no nearer to capturing the monster that lurked in the crevices, and London seemed stiller in the dark, the streets devoid of hope. — Carol Oates

Great works of art are only great because they are accessible and comprehensible to everyone. — Leo Tolstoy

I can't get over that at this age I don't feel this age. I'm not trying to be any younger. I'm not lying about my age. If I were lying about my age, I would say I was 89. I'm just at one of those good times in one's life. I'm at one of the high spots. I'm healthy enough to enjoy it. I'm surrounded by friends I adore. Isn't that kind of the best way to sign off? — Betty White

I don't think I've ever prayed in my entire life, never sat and had an imaginary chat with God. — Jim Jefferies

It takes time for an acorn to turn into an oak, but the oak is already implied in the acorn. — Alan Watts

I am not a 'defender' of the September 11 attacks, but simply pointing out that if U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned. — Ward Churchill

New thoughts and hopes were whirling through my mind, and all the colours of my life were changing. — Charles Dickens

Belle could be that way, too. Provoked, she lashed out, and abandoned, she broke. BACKSTAGE — Leslie Parry

It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim. — Isaac Asimov

Time is my greatest enemy. — Evita Peron