I admit that the eyes of the intellectually and culturally lively tend to glaze over at the mere mention of sociology, often with ample justification.

Attempts to construct an ethic from the rules of evolution, or from psychology and sociology, end up being simply inadequate.

A woman might be from higher sociology economic background and in a high powered profession but may be enduring severe violence at home.

I love to study people, and that's basically what sociology is.

One of the key places where sociology should be used is in analyzing 'the world' of our times, so that we can be more discerning. To resist the dangers of the world, you have to recognize the distortions and seductions of the world.

That's what hip-hop is: It's sociology and English put to a beat, you know.

Even at its most perceptive, sociology deals in abstractions.

The negative attitudes toward the genres - romance, science-fiction, westerns, suspense, etc. - are fallout from the academic world's long-standing fascination with existential philosophy and modern theories of psychology and sociology.

I'm a huge feminist, I majored in sociology at college, and I care about what I put into the world.

Anyway, that was the germ of the idea and of course... you know this was early days of sociology and whatever, especially on television.

I took a sociology class, and I got an A in it. Then I found out you could get an emphasis in criminal justice. I wanted to be an administrator.

I come from a specific tradition of sociology, which is urban ethnography.

Sociology is really in trouble as a field. I can tell you, because I've known young people who have wanted to go into it, and they have been uniformly advised, if you are a free thinker, stay away from sociology.

That's what hip-hop is: It's sociology and English put to a beat, you know.

I grew up in a literary home and majored in French, English, and sociology. They all have served me well over the years.

I don't want to become a serious, annoying sociologist. I try to regard sociology as a part of everyday life.

Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on.

I don't want to become a serious, annoying sociologist. I try to regard sociology as a part of everyday life.

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.

I went to the London School of Economics to study sociology and psychology on a serviceman's grant.