Mary Douglas Quotes
Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion.
Quotes to Explore
-
Of course, giving is deeply emotional. But supplementing emotion with research makes it more likely that a gift can have a bigger impact. It's like any investment. After all, you wouldn't put funds into stocks or bonds without understanding the potential return. Why wouldn't you do the same when investing in society?
-
Clothes are a big part of a free society, I think, and what you wear is so indicative of the political climate you're living in.
-
Ethnic diversity adds richness to a society.
-
I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat.
-
Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
-
Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.
-
World War II and the ensuing Cold War compelled the United States to develop a sustained commitment to Western Europe and the Far East.
-
In my heart, I'm 100% real. You can't pull out nothing in my past that can say I'm not 100% real.
-
Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems.
-
For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.
-
We are not yet a society free of sexism, and this will continue to be an issue for all women candidates.
-
When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled.
-
All of us in society are supposed to believe that cruelty to animals is wrong and that it is a good thing to prevent needless suffering. So if that is true, how can meat be acceptable under any but the most extraordinary circumstances, such as perhaps roasting the bird who died flying into a window?
-
Society is what we make of it, so we'd better try to make it the best we can.
-
It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward.
-
We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.
-
Athletes can definitely have an impact on society. And it's great that athletes can be a part of uniting the population.
-
Don't accumulate if you do not need. The excess of wealth in your hands is for the society, and you are the trustee for the same.
-
It is difficult for our youth to want to be active when PE is taken out of our schools.
-
Perhaps the removal of trade restrictions throughout the world would do more for the cause of universal peace than can any political union of peoples separated by trade barriers.
-
Man is important in one sense only. He was made in the image of God: That is his importance. He is not important for his body, ego, or personality. His constant affirmation of ego-consciousness is the source of all his problems.
-
I used to go to sports camp every summer. I'd make a lot of new friends, and it was all athletic. It was basically a place for parents to send their kids to run out all their summer energy for two weeks.
-
The best crime novels are all based on people keeping secrets. All lying - you may think a lie is harmless, but you put them all together and there's a calamity.
-
Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion.
