Parsons/people

Famous quotes containing the words parsons and/or people:

    Science is intimately integrated with the whole social structure and cultural tradition. They mutually support one other—only in certain types of society can science flourish, and conversely without a continuous and healthy development and application of science such a society cannot function properly.
    —Talcott Parsons (1902–1979)

    I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I’d like to be.
    —E.M. (Edward Morgan)