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Explore insights from sociologists whose work interprets how individuals and institutions shape each other. Their quotes span culture, inequality, identity, power, and everyday life, offering lenses to question assumptions and notice patterns in the social world. Whether you are studying social theory or simply curious about how societies change, these voices invite reflection without prescribing answers. Read with an open mind, compare perspectives, and consider how their ideas resonate with your experiences and communities.
Small: Prestige is the shadow of money and power
C. Wright Mills
"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"
C. Wright Mills, Sociologist
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Small: Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living ro
"Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America - not on the battlefields of Vietnam"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
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Small: Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century
"Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
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Small: Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any p
C. Wright Mills
"Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions"
C. Wright Mills, Sociologist
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Small: Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity
"Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
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Small: The only safe ship in a storm is leadership
"The only safe ship in a storm is leadership"
Faye Wattleton, Sociologist
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Small: We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror
"We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
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Small: Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth
"Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth"
Jean Baudrillard, Sociologist
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Small: The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hand
"The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress, spirituality, and value in order to transform them from their subjective form into the form of a purely objective life"
Georg Simmel, Sociologist
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Small: In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of gr
C. Wright Mills
"In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth"
C. Wright Mills, Sociologist
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Small: There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew
"There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
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Small: Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesnt know the first thing about e
"Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
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Small: A gloss is a total system of perception and language
"A gloss is a total system of perception and language"
Talcott Parsons, Sociologist
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Small: Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success
"Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success"
Kenneth L. Pike, Sociologist
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Small: Dont take the will for the deed get the deed
"Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed"
Lewis Mumford, Sociologist
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Small: The closer a Negro got to the ballot box, the more he looked like a rapist
"The closer a Negro got to the ballot box, the more he looked like a rapist"
E. Franklin Frazier, Sociologist
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Small: I am too weary to listen, too angry to hear
"I am too weary to listen, too angry to hear"
Daniel Bell, Sociologist
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Small: America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections
"America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections"
Thomas E. Mann, Sociologist
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Small: Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both
C. Wright Mills
"Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both"
C. Wright Mills, Sociologist
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Small: Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, its just the beginning
"Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, it's just the beginning"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
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Small: I wouldnt have seen it if I hadnt believed it
"I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
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Small: I dont necessarily agree with everything I say
"I don't necessarily agree with everything I say"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
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Small: Diaper backward spells repaid. Think about it
"Diaper backward spells repaid. Think about it"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
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Small: As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automat
"As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automation is going to be the age of 'do it yourself.'"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
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Small: Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century
"Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
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Small: Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They p
"Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors"
Jean Baudrillard, Sociologist
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Small: At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted by its own disappearance
"At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted by its own disappearance"
Jean Baudrillard, Sociologist
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Small: As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step
"As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it"
Todd Gitlin, Sociologist
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Small: Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but somethin
"Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present and to which we must first open our eyes"
Ulrich Beck, Sociologist
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Small: But we dont have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real a
"But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world"
Peter L. Berger, Sociologist
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