Quotes of: Spencer-tracy Keyword

Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.

Arthur Keith

Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.

Ulrich Beck

The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations.

Wade Davis

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

Ruth Benedict

I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.

Ruth Benedict

In Genesis 6:3, it says man can live to be 120, but there is no scientific basis for it.

S. Jay Olshansky

Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a given.

Todd Gitlin

Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems.

Talcott Parsons

In my opinion, fun is what makes advertising successful.

Leo Bogart

The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.

Martha Beck

I'd like to help repair the earth's ecosystems, and to fully live until I'm fully dead.

Martha Beck

Tiny steps will get you to your goal months and months sooner. A little is better than a lot.

Martha Beck

Every worldview I chose, it seemed, edged me toward belief.

Martha Beck

Instead of needing lots of children, we need high-quality children.

Margaret Mead

I guess my enthusiasm kind of rubs off on people.

Margaret Murray

American advertisers rely on 'essentially illogical' approaches to determine their advertising budgets.

Michael Schudson

Buy me and you will overcome the anxieties I have just reminded you of.

Michael Schudson

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Mead

It is well to look around at whom, and not just what, surrounds us. Population structure will change everything. Our health, wealth, and peace depend on it.

Nicholas A. Christakis

My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom.

Franz Boas

If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief.

James Bovard