In science as in love, too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence.

In science as in love, too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence. No matter what, no matter where, it's always home, if love is there. -P. L. Berger.

The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.

Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others.

When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel industry, not only do jobs disappear, which is obviously a terrible social hardship, but certain cultures also disappear.

The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in doing so wipes out the accompanying culture.