This Society Quotes
We expect more from technology and less from each other.
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.
Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.
They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and fruits of society as every other individual.
People do not consciously and rationally choose the form of their society. Societies develop through processes of social evolution that are not under rational human control.
The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.
Never argue. In society nothing must be; give only results. If any person differs from you, bow, and turn the conversation.
Cinema is mass media, it is both overtly gross and exciting. It is our great mirror of society.
In a society that worships love, freedom and beauty, dance is sacred. It is a prayer for the future, a remembrance of the past and a joyful exclamation of thanks for the present.
The emphasis placed by more and more companies on corporate social responsibility, symbolises the recognition that prosperity is best achieved in an inclusive society.
Every 36 seconds in America a woman lays her body down forced to choose abortion out of a lack of practical resources and emotional support. Abortion is a reflection that society has failed women.
Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.
If you're not adapting to the very rapidly changing environment, if you can't think creatively, you lose big in this society because there are very few jobs for you left.
Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's the superstructure of human society?
Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall.
I’ve come to the point of view that for European-American society and culture to persist requires a European-American majority, and a clear one at that.
Anybody who tries to change society without examining the family is trying to push a shadow without moving a statue.
Our survival as a human community may depend as much upon our nurture of love in infancy and childhood as upon the protection of our society from external threats.
A classical liberal is someone who wants a society that maximizes peace, civility, tolerance, and well-being for everyone. One that opens opportunities for everyone to advance themselves.
In a society that functions optimally, those who can should naturally want to provide for those who can't. That's how it's designed to work. I truly believe we're here to take care of one another.
Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way.
What others think of us is not our concern - it is their concern... It is important only that we radiate life. Every individual must be a joy to himself, to his family and to his society.
The more the society becomes a technological society, the less it has to hold itself together.
And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.
In our society many of the old rituals have lost much of their power. New ones have not arisen.
...in any society, Law is an illusory concept that works only when everyone voluntarily agrees to live by it.
We have ripped the humanity out of our companies. It's threatening the very underpinnings of our society.
Society is best served when the means of production are in the possession of those who know how to use them best.
Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things.
The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.
The trade-unionist has the same limitation imposed upon him as the capitalist. He cannot advance his interests at the expense of society.
Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.
There were millions of such families anxious only for peace and quiet in their own little nests. These were the mounting blocks by which the criminals climbed to power and kept it.
We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.
Don’t believe in the fate society chose for you. Instead, carve out a new fate for yourself.
The question, O me! so sad, recurring - What good amid these, O me, O life? That you are here - that life exists and identity, that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?
