#is

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#control #define #even #law #mass

That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#conference #connects #consensus #continue #cosmopolitan

The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#better #case #cooperation #done #idea

You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#between #cannot #dividing #lines #make

You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#complex #deal #education #jobs #need

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#distraction #fulfillment #wander

I can't change history, I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that. ↗

— Boris Becker

#future #history #i #i can #only

I believed in raising my children as I had been raised. ↗

— Boris Becker

#believed #children #had #i #raised

I'm not a God, I make mistakes. ↗

— Boris Becker

#i #make #mistakes

I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends. ↗

— Walter Becker

#contemporary #ends #i #jazz #listen