Charles Horton Cooley Quotes

The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.

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• Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.

  

  Ian Millar
  • Strong
  • Dead
  • Older

• The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • People
  • World
  • Live

• Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • Power
  • Politics
  • Influence

• I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Know
  • Written
  • Arts

• I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.

  

  Iggy Pop
  • Believe
  • Never
  • Down

• I don't do negative things.

  

  Rajeev Shukla
  • Things
  • Negative

• All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Life
  • You
  • Well

• In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Different
  • Hate
  • Matter

• I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • Greek
  • Fruit
  • Yogurt

• When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.

  

  Patricia Briggs
  • She
  • Book
  • Reality

• When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.

  

  Halsey
  • Pretty
  • Girl
  • You

• I eat a lot of chocolate.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • Chocolate
  • Eat
  • Lot

• If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Giving
  • Best
  • Effort

• English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.

  

  E. B. White
  • Education
  • Sometimes
  • English

• Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.

  

  Gary Miller Bad Brains
  • Work
  • Responsibility
  • Waiting

• I know politics; I know the media.

  

  Valerie Trierweiler
  • Know
  • Politics
  • Media

• I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.

  

  Laura Wilkinson
  • Think
  • Dream
  • Challenge

• My M.O. is just do what you do and don't feel like you have to make apologies for it. I'm sure there will come a point when I have to apologize for something, but not yet.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • You
  • Like
  • Feel

• Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.

  

  Brian Eno Roxy Music
  • Feeling

• Lift thyself up, look. around, and see something higher and brighter than earth, earthworms, and earthly darkness.

  

  Jean Paul
  • Up
  • Earth

• When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.

  

  Edward Teller
  • Time
  • Faith
  • Light

• It's hard, because when you talk about process or your characters ruling your narrative, it sounds like you have no control, but obviously you're ultimately the author, so you do have control.

  

  Alice Sebold
  • Control
  • Author

• Where there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there is always time.

  

  Abdu'l-Bahá
  • Time
  • Love
  • Trouble

• The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.

  

  Charles Horton Cooley
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