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David Riesman Quotes Page 1 of 1David Riesman September 22, 1909 - May 10, 2002 Nationality: American Category: Sociologist Subcategory: American Sociologist
| The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other. | America 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. | Why, 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? | If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives. |
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