David Riesman Quotes

Words not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us. - David Riesman

Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all by the advertising men who create it? - David Riesman

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

If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives. - David Riesman

Etiquette can be at the same time a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them. - David Riesman

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese. - David Riesman

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