Peter L. Berger Quotes
Secularization theory is a term that was used in the fifties and sixties by a number of social scientists and historians. Basically, it had a very simple proposition. It could be stated in one sentence. Modernity inevitably produces a decline of religion.
Quotes to Explore
-
The fallacy of the neoclassicals is their tenet that total employment, though hit by shocks, can be said always to be heading back to some normal level.
-
I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
-
In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.
-
The world is changing. Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed. I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run companies without room for all the overhead the established networks carry.
-
Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.
-
Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it.
-
I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
-
If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.
-
Dead men tell no tales.
-
There are actors who aren't on the cover of magazines but still decide what work they want and when they want it. I want a family one day. So I dream of really being able to decide when to work and when not to.
-
I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.
-
We recorded our first CD, Sixteen Stone, with a small budget and never dreamed that we would enjoy such a high success. It was simply fantastic.
-
It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
-
Singing for stage, if you don't hear yourself, that's when you push, and that's when you can hurt your voice sometimes. So if I can hear myself in my ear, it really helps me to find that balance of how loud I needed to be singing.
-
I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.
-
I think everybody should go to high school. It's horrible, and it unites you with other people.
-
So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career.
-
The brain is a muscle, and I'm a kind of body-builder.
-
There's some aura about a Nobel Prize, there's a prestige, that gives me a responsibility that I didn't have before, that goes beyond my own work, as a spokesman for science.
-
People from the most horrendous of childhoods can have good lives, but it comes down to a very seemingly simple word. 'Choice.'
-
I've always noted with some awe the reading habits of the Australian public. Australians read more newspapers and magazines per head of population than almost any other country in the world.
-
Trust your gut feeling about things, listen to what others are saying, and look at the results of your actions. Once you know the truth, you can set about taking action to improve. Everyone will be better for it.
-
My father had slowed down playing a little... I was 'round 10 or 12 years old. Every time he put his guitar down, I pick it up.
-
Secularization theory is a term that was used in the fifties and sixties by a number of social scientists and historians. Basically, it had a very simple proposition. It could be stated in one sentence. Modernity inevitably produces a decline of religion.
