Clay Shirky Quotes

Society is not just the product of its individual members; it is also the product of its constituent groups. The aggregate relations among individuals and groups, among individuals within groups, and among groups forms a network of astonishing complexity.

Clay Shirky

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• These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being represented.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • People
  • Society
  • Political

• Together we will act to bring about national reconciliation, secure Malaysia's economic future, and build a stronger, more harmonious society.

  

  Najib Razak
  • Together
  • Future
  • Society

• Do our children now have to choose between getting an education and dying? Some of us cannot move on and accept that kind of society.

  

  Obiageli Ezekwesili
  • Children
  • Society
  • Education

• The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • America
  • Society
  • Free

• I've been influenced by some of the greatest designers. Charles Eames. And Bruno Munari in the '50s in Italy - when they had to retool the industry of war into an industry to help society. In a way, I'm influenced by designers that were there at a radical time of change.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Time
  • War
  • Help

• When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • American
  • Think
  • Society

• When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • May
  • Society
  • Lost

• What 'Deadwood' did was to talk about how capitalism started, how civilised society came in, and how that brought its own problems.

  

  Ian McShane
  • Society
  • Talk
  • Capitalism

• I have observed that society in general always seems to honor its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Society
  • Always
  • Honor

• I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats.

  

  Ian Somerhalder
  • Work
  • Society
  • Cats

• The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Up
  • Society
  • Focus

• Modern society has evolved to the point where we counter the old-fashioned fatalism surrounding the word 'cancer' by embracing the idea of the Uber-mind - that our will possesses nearly supernatural powers.

  

  Abraham Verghese
  • Mind
  • Society
  • Cancer

• We're not going to create a more equal society by not prodding at it, are we?

  

  Laura Wade
  • Society
  • Create
  • Equal

• The artist is the consciousness of society... but musicians' role is very special.

  

  Wadada Leo Smith
  • Society
  • Artist
  • Musicians

• You've got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what books you have on your shelves. People are encouraged to look to themselves first as opposed to being a part of society.

  

  Samantha Morton
  • People
  • Help
  • Society

• Arab society features apartheid of women, apartheid of homosexuals, and apartheid of Christians, Jews, and democracy.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Women
  • Society
  • Democracy

• In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.

  

  Walter Lippmann
  • Men
  • Society
  • Free

• Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • Society
  • Action
  • Responsibility

• 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.

  

  J. William Fulbright
  • Men
  • Society
  • Democracy

• The ordinary society is like a paperweight on you: it won't allow you to fly.

  

  Rajneesh
  • Society
  • Fly

• Language that is designed to dehumanize has consequences.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Language
  • Consequences

• France has been struck on the day of her national holiday - the 14th of July, Bastille Day - the symbol of liberty, because human rights are denied by fanatics, and France is clearly their target.

  

  Francois Hollande
  • Holiday

• People have their reasons for giving rides, all of them different. Maybe they hitched a lot when they were younger and now they're settled and comfortable they want to put back what they took out. Like a circular thing. Maybe they have charitable natures. Or maybe they're just lonely and want a little conversation.

  

  Lee Child
  • People
  • Different
  • Giving

• Society is not just the product of its individual members; it is also the product of its constituent groups. The aggregate relations among individuals and groups, among individuals within groups, and among groups forms a network of astonishing complexity.

  

  Clay Shirky
  • Society