The 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 RiesmanWords not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us.
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 RiesmanWhy, 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 RiesmanMen are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.
David Riesman