Max Weber quote: "No sociologist, for instance, should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quite trivial computations in his head and perhaps for months at a time."

It is not true that good can only follow from good and evil only from evil, but that often the oppos...
MAX WEBER

The nation is burdened with the heavy curse on those who come afterwards. The generation before us w...
MAX WEBER

Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his po...
MAX WEBER

One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of ...
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I am under the impression that in nine out of ten cases I deal with windbags who do not fully realiz...
MAX WEBER

Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards.
MAX WEBER

Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully conscious, for once and perhaps...
MAX WEBER

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by...
MAX WEBER

No sociologist should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quit...
MAX WEBER

Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordinati...
MAX WEBER

Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of...
MAX WEBER

The modern view of criminal justice, broadly, is that public concern with morality or expediency dec...
MAX WEBER

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by...
MAX WEBER

Causal analysis provides absolutely no value judgment, and a value judgment is absolutely not a caus...
MAX WEBER

It is not astonishing that there are many journalists who have become human failures and worthless m...
MAX WEBER

All the analysis of infinite reality which the finite human mind can conduct rests on the tacit assu...
MAX WEBER

Homelessness is the fundamental idea of salvation in Jainism. It means the breaking off of all earth...
MAX WEBER

The fully developed bureaucratic apparatus compares with other organisations exactly as does the mac...
MAX WEBER

The so-called 'materialistic conception of history,' with the crude elements of genius of th...
MAX WEBER

Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he shall not crumble when the world from his p...
MAX WEBER

All knowledge of cultural reality, as may be seen, is always knowledge from particular points of vie...
MAX WEBER

Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully conscious, for once and perhaps...
MAX WEBER

Politics means striving to share power or striving to influence the distribution of power, either am...
MAX WEBER

Whenever known and sufficient causes are available, it is anti-scientific to discard them in favour ...
MAX WEBER

Not everyone realises that to write a really good piece of journalism is at least as demanding intel...
MAX WEBER

The career of politics grants a feeling of power. The knowledge of influencing men, of participating...
MAX WEBER

Social economic problems do not exist everywhere that an economic event plays a role as cause or eff...
MAX WEBER

The primary task of a useful teacher is to teach his students to recognize 'inconvenient' fa...
MAX WEBER

'Culture' is a finite segment of the meaningless infinity of the world process, a segment on...
MAX WEBER

It is certain that there can be no work in political economy on any other than an altruistic basis.....
MAX WEBER

Within the confines of the lecture hall, no other virtue exists but plain intellectual integrity.
MAX WEBER

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by...
MAX WEBER

No sociologist should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quit...
MAX WEBER

Daily and hourly, the politician inwardly has to overcome a quite trivial and all-too-human enemy: a...
MAX WEBER

Laws are important and valuable in the exact natural sciences, in the measure that those sciences ar...
MAX WEBER

The experience of the irrationality of the world has been the driving force of all religious revolut...
MAX WEBER

One cannot prescribe to anyone whether he should follow an ethic of absolute ends or an ethic of res...
MAX WEBER

The ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibility are not opposites. They are complementary to...
MAX WEBER

it is not true that good can follow only from good and evil only from evil, but that often th...
MAX WEBER

All research in the cultural sciences in an age of specialization, once it is oriented towards a giv...
MAX WEBER

A highly developed stock exchange cannot be a club for the cult of ethics.
MAX WEBER

Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year...
EBERHARD WEBER

When I started to pick up the bass, it was purely by random chance.
EBERHARD WEBER

There are always some doubts when you do a new album though. You wonder whether you succeeded or not...
EBERHARD WEBER

The way to compose for me is to have lots of time.
EBERHARD WEBER

Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot ...
EBERHARD WEBER

On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to cond...
EBERHARD WEBER

It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a de...
EBERHARD WEBER

In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found...
EBERHARD WEBER

If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not g...
EBERHARD WEBER

I was afraid the other musicians might want to present themselves too much, though I see in the cove...
EBERHARD WEBER

I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I devel...
EBERHARD WEBER

I played cello in my high school orchestra.
EBERHARD WEBER

I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze th...
EBERHARD WEBER

When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It'...
EBERHARD WEBER

The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be ...
EBERHARD WEBER

Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn...
EBERHARD WEBER

At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player becau...
EBERHARD WEBER

As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about ei...
EBERHARD WEBER

On the other hand, I'm very tolerant as well. I expect that everybody can play what they want. I...
EBERHARD WEBER

It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point.
EBERHARD WEBER

I am a classical music lover - not necessarily the contemporary stuff, but the old stuff.
EBERHARD WEBER

They never saw their family again.
ALAIN WEBER

To me as a man, and as an educator, it is so incredibly important that we do not forget.
ALAIN WEBER

I could see she had a great deal of pride in what I am doing, but she still questions it.
ALAIN WEBER

You early on become very conscious of certain things. Others were talking about religion. We were no...
ALAIN WEBER

Les personnages de nos autres vies sont des fantômes que la littérature fait revivre.
OLIVIER WEBER

Tisiphone stood silent and helpless in Alicia's mind. It was all she could do to keep Alicia's blind...
DAVID WEBER

You are stuck with me till the world falls to pieces, and if we’re not still standing even then we...
OTTILIE WEBER

God help the man who won't marry until he finds a perfect woman, and God help him still more if he f...
JENNY WEBER

If only Coca-Cola had had the kind of message to accompany its addictive deliciousness that Fox News...
STEVEN WEBER

Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less i...
STEVEN WEBER

The irony is that the people we tend to vote for actually look down on voters and voting. That's...
STEVEN WEBER

It is not okay for someone you like to treat you poorly and then pretend it didn’t happen, making ...
SHANNON WEBER

He thinks you're pretty." Genevieve yawned. "Guys always think you're pretty."

"Well peop...
OTTILIE WEBER

I love to cook and really enjoy cleaning my house. People always tease me about getting a maid. My g...
AMY WEBER

I thought as a millennium project it would be fun ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ to have all the peo...
BERNARD WEBER

I believe that after more than 2,000 years it's time to redefine the world wonders. Thanks to intern...
BERNARD WEBER

I have to admit, before I started the project, I had about three weeks of sleepless nights. The idea...
BERNARD WEBER

They should become symbols of unity in the modern world, just as the original seven wonders were sym...
BERNARD WEBER

I talked to the Pandas coach at the University of Alberta a couple times. I was actually supposed to...
AMANDA WEBER

I don't know what I'm going to do next year. I'm thinking I might play or take a year off to ease th...
AMANDA WEBER

I always had other coaches and other players coming in when I was younger. So I just feel it's somet...
AMANDA WEBER

We're just trying to find our team style and our team dynamic and chemistry on the court. It's comin...
AMANDA WEBER

I usually give it to them before they ask. Both Loretta and I are fourth-year players and we always ...
AMANDA WEBER

The dynamic, team-wise off the field, was just awesome and that transferred to the team we had on th...
AMANDA WEBER

We scored goals and had limited success, but we didn't really have the team (last year) to show the ...
AMANDA WEBER

I've had a pretty good year.
AMANDA WEBER

In light of the current economic and monetary development, inflation risks still exist.
AXEL WEBER

But consolidation must take priority over any discussions about further tax breaks.
AXEL WEBER

When we did our September forecasts, we were already in an environment where oil prices were high an...
AXEL WEBER

In Europe at the moment there is still quite a strong slack in the economy. We've said that rates ar...
AXEL WEBER

We are in the second phase of the recovery.
AXEL WEBER

The high oil prices are surely not wholesome for the economy.
AXEL WEBER

The inflation risk in the short, medium and long term have risen.
AXEL WEBER

We will ensure that, even in an environment of rising inflationary risks, the ECB will make an impor...
AXEL WEBER

The accumulation of price increases has increased risks of second-round effects.
AXEL WEBER

Germany is without a doubt dependant on exports and as such on the world economic situation, but not...
AXEL WEBER

I prefer working on films. I like the variety. There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for t...
AMY WEBER

I enjoyed entertaining people since I was a little girl. There was nothing better than making people...
AMY WEBER

I don't have any regrets. When I quit college and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress, it was ...
AMY WEBER

Hands down I would choose acting. I never wanted to model. It was something that kept me going finan...
AMY WEBER

Everything officers go through in any chase anywhere in the country, but amped up 100 times! I'm rig...
AMY WEBER

Dustin Hoffman was the greatest. He had so much information to give and he mesmerized me. He really ...
AMY WEBER

In terms of painkillers, that drug changed the nature of narcotics in this country,
AMY WEBER

I'm not surprised by that,
AMY WEBER

I have always brought home stray animals - everything from squirrels to wild rabbits to foxes and tu...
AMY WEBER

There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then turning around and playing some...
AMY WEBER

In the corporate-owned media, men dressed like Ronald Reagan and women dressed like Rita Hayworth di...
STEVEN WEBER

It hadn't really percolated through my brain that I was going to see real, live TV from the surf...
DAVID WEBER

I blame myself a little bit because I've allowed them some freedom. I've tried to give them confiden...
BRUCE WEBER

We really struggled with getting off to great starts. As a coach, you almost don't want to, which so...
BRUCE WEBER

People are alarmed; we're alarmed.
BRUCE WEBER

They have struggled on the defensive end. But they have a lot of offensive weapons. (Daniel) Horton ...
BRUCE WEBER

They started doubting a little bit. I think that was a key to it.
BRUCE WEBER

We could go small and play James at the five and Warren Carter or Brian Randle at the four. There's ...
BRUCE WEBER

Brian is special at times. He's like James. He doesn't realize how good he is. If he can slowly but ...
BRUCE WEBER

It's hard to separate these two because they've done so much together.
BRUCE WEBER

Come on, we've beaten them four games in a row. We beat them twice this season, beat them last week ...
BRUCE WEBER

I just wanted a win. It's been a long two weeks. We've suffered through it. I hope this is a confide...
BRUCE WEBER

I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 3...
RANDY WEBER

My biggest accomplishment was playing 'Lark' on the daytime drama Port Charles because it wa...
AMY WEBER

There's no tree blockage anymore to homeowners on Landon Avenue.
BILL WEBER

If you're just watching the wrecks, you're not paying attention.
BILL WEBER

You won't believe what it will do for this community.
BILL WEBER

Rusty ran with his heart. His hands held the wheel, but it was his heart he raced with.
BILL WEBER

We have flyers in the restaurant and put cards in guest checks, but that's after the fact. How many ...
BILL WEBER

If Gordon gets in, I think he has to be one of the favorites. I look at him as the New York Yankees ...
BILL WEBER

I don't think it's critical to have those drivers. It might help the ratings a little, but I don't t...
BILL WEBER

We were able to recall one teacher earlier. We're in the position to recall two additional teachers.
BILL WEBER

I look at this exactly as the race fans do. I'm going in there to do the Super Bowl. This is a huge ...
BILL WEBER

I think Gordon is going to make it. They have a team (that) when their backs are against the wall, t...
BILL WEBER

We work 100 percent on a contract basis, so we don't have products of our own. We want packaging com...
BOB WEBER

There are specific technologies and knowledge required to be good at any one of the areas we do. We ...
BOB WEBER

I was walking up there and we could smell the smoke and I went in with a fire extinguisher and hit w...
BOB WEBER

The manual 10-speed should be the [over-the-road] standard transmission for the future.
BOB WEBER

Our goal in this is to make the transition as smooth and as seamless as possible -- so that resident...
BOB WEBER

My philosophy has always been, 'do what you love and the money will follow.'
AMY WEBER

We have as a nation been duped by those who use our guilt about how we treated the innocent pawns in...
STEVEN WEBER

No matter what your political persuasion, you can find a guide that makes it quick, easy and painles...
STEVEN WEBER

I think it's like that for people who don't remember 1969 first-hand. It's that sense of...
DAVID WEBER

A culture cannot lie down with dogs and not become utterly infested with fleas. The dogs, in this ca...
STEVEN WEBER

Overall the reception has been favorable in our state. Budget issues have delayed the installation o...
DON WEBER

I'm griping now, before it happens. Next week, I won't even bring it up to the players. If you gripe...
BRUCE WEBER

Ellis and T.C. are going to get faster and Harvey is going to get faster. But I've got to get that f...
CURT WEBER

Mine is a straight, nothing-fancy, down-and-in delivery with a small hook at the end.
DICK WEBER

It puts you in an elite group. If I'm not mistaken, only three programs have gotten to the Sweet 16 ...
BRUCE WEBER

We would be the Montgomery Moose Lodge,
GEORGE WEBER

I have high hopes for this bunch. That's some potent speed on that team.
CURT WEBER

A nation is not a budget, no matter how much ideologues want it to be so.
STEVEN WEBER

Purple,
Wonder, majesty, and enchantment doesn't
even begin to cover the feelings that I h...
OTTILIE WEBER

Social media has created a legion of social delinquents, billions of people speaking not their minds...
STEVEN WEBER

No disrespect to Northwestern, but it's a sad thing. We got it up in the 20s, and we didn't finish i...
BRUCE WEBER

Teams are not quite able to just lock in on Dee. We have other guys you have to think about.
BRUCE WEBER

We fight wars from progressively great heights and distances, the blessings of technology steadily r...
STEVEN WEBER

Getting in the tournament is big, but each step after that is such a great commercial for your progr...
BRUCE WEBER

That's not it at all. Our gas stations are just like our stores, we'll certainly be competitive in t...
SHARON WEBER

The splendor of that moment, its transcendent glory and aliveness, haunted him. He could thrust it a...
DAVID WEBER

The spectacle of insensitivity that is the gun lobby and its outspoken, out-of-their-mind apparatchi...
STEVEN WEBER

I'm not sure why he's doing it. Maybe he thinks he has more athleticism, maybe cover up some deficie...
BRUCE WEBER

They should make it more of an incentive. There are ways to build it as standard equipment.
BRUCE WEBER

It's going to be important that they want more and they're hungry. The seniors are not real vocal gu...
BRUCE WEBER

I've always been shy and that's partly why I chose a life behind the lens. I like people to ...
BRUCE WEBER

I've been a fan of the Marvel Universe since I was a little child.
STEVEN WEBER

My agent called with good news and bad. The good was that scouts from Taiwan were holding an open tr...
BEN WEBER

I picked it up to increase intensity.
BEN WEBER

I want manned spaceflight, not just back to the Moon, but beyond that. And I want my daughters and m...
DAVID WEBER

They come to me when they're happy or unhappy, or want something different.
JULIE WEBER

Many of my friends drink, because drinking age in Germany is 16. I know people who smoke, too, and i...
ANNA WEBER

I'm learning a lot, and it's exciting to find something new. Things are going well; it's a good fit ...
ANNA WEBER

It's definitely been different. It's made me concentrate more, and I've learned more about my sport ...
ANNA WEBER

It was a very hot and humid day and both teams struggled with the heat. Both teams created scoring o...
BERND WEBER

We are not taking care of the ball on offense.
BERND WEBER

It wasn't a pretty game. Everyone wanted to score and we didn't play disciplined soccer.
BERND WEBER

Neither team in the end deserved to lose, both worked hard. It was Evenly matched, and nice to see o...
BERND WEBER

We kind of stood around and watched them pass the ball around in the first half. In the second half ...
BERND WEBER

Instead of having their heads up and feeling good, they start bickering in the tunnel. So I think th...
BRUCE WEBER

We didn't get back on 'D' like we should have. Some of it was mental, guys missing shots and they do...
BRUCE WEBER

He's not 100 percent yet but he'll continue with the water therapy and riding the (stationary) bike ...
BRUCE WEBER

They've had some disappointing losses, but they have pretty good players. I'm sure this would be a g...
BRUCE WEBER

They were very attentive, no sad faces. It's a tough time, but if you look through college basketbal...
BRUCE WEBER

It's a tremendous accomplishment. It shows how consistent he's been. He's done it without a lot of f...
BRUCE WEBER

It's tough to stop May. They had probably more inside threat with May than we had, and it made the d...
BRUCE WEBER

He's very long, very athletic and has a long stride.
BRUCE WEBER

One of the problems is we've only played them once the last couple of years. We've lost a little bit...
BRUCE WEBER

We can't have James getting out-of-position fouls. We looked at the tape from Saturday and he's cove...
BRUCE WEBER

With our schedule, we've got to grab a big win. This is a huge week. If we're going to compete, we'v...
BRUCE WEBER

This is how you win road games. You win them with heart.
BRUCE WEBER

The first thing is scoring on the road, when the other team gets momentum. The second thing is the p...
BRUCE WEBER

Marco has played unbelievable. He's playing with a lot of passion, he's playing like a senior. He's ...
BRUCE WEBER

Nothing's going to be easy this year. This is as well balanced as this league's been in a long time.
BRUCE WEBER

We need him to shoot, but we need him to shoot shots he practices within the flow of the offense. I ...
BRUCE WEBER

Mike's done a good job. The kids understand what their strengths are, and they execute for the most ...
BRUCE WEBER

The one good thing is we've played Georgetown, so we did play this and have some understanding of it...
BRUCE WEBER

One thing we do have is confidence. Winning, I believe, is a habit. It's a belief and I believe it's...
BRUCE WEBER

We don't have the great players we had last year, but if we play hard and play together we can be a ...
BRUCE WEBER

You always feel you can be successful, but to be where we are at, it's surprised myself and my staff...
BRUCE WEBER

You always wonder if you can make plays at the end.
BRUCE WEBER

I've told these guys, we're a good team. We don't have great players like we did last year.
BRUCE WEBER

If we play hard, play 'D' and play together, we can be a great team. That's why we're 13-0. But if w...
BRUCE WEBER

No sociologist, for instance, should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quite trivial computations in his head and perhaps for months at a time.

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No sociologist, for instance, should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quite trivial computations in his head and perhaps for months at a time.

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