Words not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us.
David RiesmanAmerica 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 RiesmanMen are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.
David RiesmanThough top executives may work as hard as ever-in part perhaps because, being trained in an earlier day, they can hardly help doing so-their subordinates are somewhat less work-minded.
David RiesmanThe children themselves, before they get access to a car, are captives of their suburb, save for those families where the housewives surrender continuity in their own lives to chauffeur their children to lessons, doctors, and other services that could be reached via public transport in the city.
David Riesman