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David Riesman Quotes

There has been a change in heroes within the working-class community Picture Quote #1

Nowadays, truth is the greatest news. The mass media are the wholesalers, the peer groups, the retailers of the communications industry Picture Quote #1

The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other Picture Quote #1

Those who are excluded from meaningful work are, by an large, excluded from meaningful play Picture Quote #1

The mass media are the wholesalers; the peer groups, the retailers of the communications industry Picture Quote #1

If anything remains more or less unchanged, it will be the role of women Picture Quote #1

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It is no longer clear which way is up even if one wants to rise Picture Quote #1

Words not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us Picture Quote #1

Today the future occupation of all moppets is to be skilled consumers Picture Quote #1

Look at all the sentences which seem true and question them Picture Quote #1

It is not new for the older generation to bewail the indolence of the young, and there is a tendency for the latter to maintain much of the older ethic screened by a new semantics and an altered ideology Picture Quote #1

There is evidence that young men in the big law firms, although they still work harder than most of their clients, do not glory in putting in night work and weekend hours as they once did Picture Quote #1

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Etiquette can be at the same time a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them Picture Quote #1

The children themselves, before they get access to a car, are captives of their suburb, save for those families where the housewives surrender continuity in their own lives to chauffeur their children to lessons, doctors, and other services that could be reached via public transport in the city Picture Quote #1

One of the things people are fleeing when they leave the city is the need either to reject people who are less well educated than themselves, or to accept them with all that implies for their children’s education and future placement in the society Picture Quote #1

The closest thing we have to the traditional ideology of the leisure class is a group of artists and intellectuals who regard their work as play and their play as work Picture Quote #1

Men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other Picture Quote #1

Drivers in a traffic jam, frustrated by each others presence, are not the most amiable of men Picture Quote #1

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We have become a conservative country, despite our worldwide reputation for seeking novelty, in that we are unable to envisage alternative futures for ourselves Picture Quote #1

It is among the less privileged groups relatively new to leisure and consumption that the zest for possessions retains something of its pristine energy Picture Quote #1

The premonition of death may for many be a stimulus to novelty of experience: the imminence of death serves to sweep away the inessential preoccupations for those who do not flee from the thought of death into triviality Picture Quote #1

If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives Picture Quote #1

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There has been a change in heroes within the working-class community (David Riesman Quotes) Nowadays, truth is the greatest news. The mass media are the wholesalers, the peer groups, the retailers of the communications industry (David Riesman Quotes) The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other (David Riesman Quotes) Those who are excluded from meaningful work are, by an large, excluded from meaningful play (David Riesman Quotes) The mass media are the wholesalers; the peer groups, the retailers of the communications industry (David Riesman Quotes) If anything remains more or less unchanged, it will be the role of women (David Riesman Quotes) It is no longer clear which way is up even if one wants to rise (David Riesman Quotes) Words not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us (David Riesman Quotes) Today the future occupation of all moppets is to be skilled consumers (David Riesman Quotes) Look at all the sentences which seem true and question them (David Riesman Quotes) It is not new for the older generation to bewail the indolence of the young, and there is a tendency for the latter to maintain much of the older ethic screened by a new semantics and an altered ideology (David Riesman Quotes) There is evidence that young men in the big law firms, although they still work harder than most of their clients, do not glory in putting in night work and weekend hours as they once did (David Riesman Quotes) Etiquette can be at the same time a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them (David Riesman Quotes) The children themselves, before they get access to a car, are captives of their suburb, save for those families where the housewives surrender continuity in their own lives to chauffeur their children to lessons, doctors, and other services that could be reached via public transport in the city (David Riesman Quotes) One of the things people are fleeing when they leave the city is the need either to reject people who are less well educated than themselves, or to accept them with all that implies for their children’s education and future placement in the society (David Riesman Quotes) The closest thing we have to the traditional ideology of the leisure class is a group of artists and intellectuals who regard their work as play and their play as work (David Riesman Quotes) Men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other (David Riesman Quotes) Drivers in a traffic jam, frustrated by each others presence, are not the most amiable of men (David Riesman Quotes) We have become a conservative country, despite our worldwide reputation for seeking novelty, in that we are unable to envisage alternative futures for ourselves (David Riesman Quotes) It is among the less privileged groups relatively new to leisure and consumption that the zest for possessions retains something of its pristine energy (David Riesman Quotes) The premonition of death may for many be a stimulus to novelty of experience: the imminence of death serves to sweep away the inessential preoccupations for those who do not flee from the thought of death into triviality (David Riesman Quotes) If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives (David Riesman Quotes)