Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated. No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function.

The tendency to conformity in our society is so strong that reasonably intelligent and well-meaning young people are willing to call white black. This is a matter of concern.

The presence of a supporting partner depleted the majority of much of its power. Its pressure on the individual was reduced to one fourth.

To know a person is to have a grasp of a particular structure.

I yield to none.

-- Erasmus

We will hire someone with less experience, less education, and less expertise, than someone who has more of those things and has a rotten attitude.

-- Herb Kelleher

The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.

-- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

It is not the model who must inspire the artist, but the artist who must bring the model to life.

-- Camille Claudel

The brush must move with the mind, not the hand.

-- Sesshū Tōyō

Even if I had to choose between Yugoslavia and Communism, I would choose Yugoslavia.

-- Josip Broz Tito