Each day men sell little pieces if themselves in order to try to buy then back each night and weekend.
C. Wright MillsIn the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
C. Wright MillsYou can never really understand an individual unless you also understand the society,historical time period in which they live,personal troubles, and social issues
C. Wright MillsWhat I am asserting is that in this particular epoch a conjunction of historical circumstances has led to the rise of an elite of power; that the men of the circles composing this elite, severally and collectively, now make such key decisions as are made; and that, given the enlargement and the centralization of the means of power now available, the decisions that they make and fail to make carry more consequences for more people than has ever been the case in the world history of mankind
C. Wright Mills