Drivers in a traffic jam, frustrated by each others presence, are not the most amiable of men.
David RiesmanThe closest thing we have to the traditional ideology of the leisure class is a group of artists and intellectuals who regard their work as play and their play as work.
David RiesmanWords not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us.
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