David Riesman Quotes

American sociologist and educator (1909–2002)

David Riesman (September 22, 1909 – May 10, 2002) was a sociologist, attorney, and educator.

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Parents today are the stage managers for the meetings of three- and four-year-olds, just as, in earlier eras, the adults managed marriages.

[I]t is no longer clear which way is up even if one wants to rise.

Social Science … led us to the fallacy that, since all men have their being in culture and as a result of culture, they owe a debt to that culture which even a lifetime of altruism could not repay.