Ida Tarbell Quotes

Academic sociologists have been trained to conceive of their discipline - sociology - as the scientific study of society, and to remit to the sister discipline of psychology the study of individuals.

Science of Society

Even at its most perceptive, sociology deals in abstractions.

It's not rocket science. It's social science.

The function of sociology, as of every science, is to reveal that which is hidden.

My students often ask me, 'What is sociology?' And I tell them, 'It's the study of the way in which human beings are shaped by things that they don't see.'

I love to study people, and that's basically what sociology is.

Before I became a film major, I was very heavily into social science, I had done a lot of sociology, anthropology, and I was playing in what I call social psychology, which is sort of an offshoot of anthropology/sociology - looking at a culture as a living organism, why it does what it does.

The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation.

I admit that the eyes of the intellectually and culturally lively tend to glaze over at the mere mention of sociology, often with ample justification.

I had always looked down on sociology as this arriviste discipline. It didn't have the noble history of English and history as a subject. But once I had a little exposure to it, I said, 'Hey, here's the key. Here's the key to understanding life and all its forms.'

There is no sociology worthy of the name which does not possess a historical character.

Mills insisted that a sociologist's proper subject was the intersection of biography and history.

I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society - and in a sense it is a question of scope.

I started out in anthropology, so to me how society works, how people put themselves together and make things work, has always been a big interest.

I don't want to become a serious, annoying sociologist. I try to regard sociology as a part of everyday life.

I'm more into human nature than politics. But they're intertwined. Obviously, I live in civilization, so politics are part of my life.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

People keep asking how anthropology is different from sociology, and everybody gets nervous.

Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.

You can find inspiration for man's behaviour wherever you look.

Write about society as news and treat it like sociology.

Sociology almost always dominates technology. Ideas often lie unused because people do not want to use them.

The structure of society throughout the world has been created by individuals

The Social Sciences will concern themselves with the rationalization of social control... the control of human behavior.