Peter Berger Sociologist Quotes & Sayings

In order to understand peace one must have an good knowledge of chaos. -GB — George Brown

Good sociologists have always had an insatiable curiosity about about even the trivialities of human behaviour, and if this curiosity leads a sociologist to devote many years to the painstaking exploration of some small corner of the social world that may appear quite trivial to others, so be it: Why do more teenagers pick their noses in rural Minnesota than in rural Iowa? What are the patterns of church socials over a twenty-year period in small-town Saskatchewan? What is the correlation between religious affiliation and accident-proneness among elderly Hungarians? — Peter Berger

Anything that doesn't lead us to that - to better know and serve God - is a waste of time. — Charles De Foucauld

Everyone had another sort of life up their sleeve that might have made them happy. — Liane Moriarty

No man treats a motorcar as foolishly as he treats another human being. When the car will not go, he does not attribute its annoying behavior to sin; he does not say, 'You are a wicked motorcar, and I shall not give you any more petrol until you go.' He attempts to find out what is wrong and to set it right. — Bertrand Russell

I address the trophy and the warped reflection: All the pain and suffering you've caused me. — Andre Agassi

Kyubey: ... Oh, geez. I never would have thought you capable of throwing your friend off a bridge. That wasn't a sane act, Madoka! — Magica Quartet

A relieved grin filled up Thorne's face. "We're having another moment, aren't we?"
"If by a moment, you mean me not wanting to strangle you for the first time since we met, then I guess we are. — Marissa Meyer