Giddens Security Quotes & Sayings

Man is only a moral being because he lives in society, since morality consists in solidarity with the group, and varies according to that solidarity. Cause all social life to vanish, and moral life would vanish at the same time, having no object to cling to. — Emile Durkheim

Most criminals were dumb, and he took the view that the whole science of criminology was essentially flawed, since much of its theory was based on the study of criminals who had been caught, and were therefore either stupid or unlucky, as opposed to the study of those who had not been caught, and were therefore smart and had a little luck on their side, but just a little. Luck ran out, but smart was for life. — John Connolly

Well, I am no village cunning woman, no frightened merry-begot, but a woman born to riches, and
educated from the time I can remember, and given all that I could possibly desire. And now in my
twenty-second year, already a mother and soon perhaps to be a widow, I rule in this place. I ruled
before my mother gave to me all her secrets, and her great familiar, Lasher, and I mean to study this
thing, and make use of it, and allow it to enhance my considerable strength. — Anne Rice

No siren did ever so charm the ear of the listener as the listening ear has charmed the soul of the siren. — Henry Taylor

To possess something is to lose it. To feel something without possessing it is to keep it, because in that way one extracts its essence. — Fernando Pessoa

True creation requires authority and authenticity. — Bryant McGill

Goodness, I know nothing about nuclear energy. — James Dyson

War is just like bush-clearing-the moment you stop, the jungle comes back even thicker, but for a little while you can plant and grow a crop in the ground you have won at such a terrible cost. — Kenneth Kaunda

She was not herself
she was not anything. She was something that is going to be
soon
soon
very soon. But as yet, she was only imminent. — D.H. Lawrence

The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared. — George S. Patton

A lifestyle involves a cluster of habits and orientations, and hence has a certain unity - important to a continuing sense of ontological security - that connects options in a more or less ordered pattern. ( ... ) [T]he selection or creation of lifestyles is influenced by group pressures and the visibility of role models, as well as by socioeconomic circumstances. — Anthony Giddens

The real alchemy consists in being able to turn gold back again into something else; and that's the secret that most of your friends have lost. — Edith Wharton

And never think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them for a Day when eyes will stare [in horror]. — Quran 14 42

Suppose for a moment, that we define a virtuous act as bowing in the direction of Mecca every day at sunset. We attempt to persuade everyone to perform this act. But suppose that instead of relying on voluntary conviction we employ a vast number of police to break into everyone's home and see to it that every day they are pushed down to the floor in the direction of Mecca. No doubt by taking such measures we will increase the number of people bowing toward Mecca. But by forcing them to do so, we are taking them out of the realm of action and into mere motion, and we are depriving all these coerced persons of the very possibility of acting morally. By attempting to compel virtue, we eliminate its possibility. To be moral, an act must be free. — Murray N. Rothbard

You can't spend your life apologizing. — Jude Law

You know what the crummiest feeling you can have is? To hate the person you love the best in the world. — S.E. Hinton