Social Quotes
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It is not primarily ideas that have a history; it is societies. And then what often seem opposed ideas can in the end be seen as parts of a single social process.
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I used to work for an NGO called Transitions Online, and I was their Director of New Media. I was a very idealistic fellow who thought that he could use blogs, social networks and new media to help promote democracy, human rights and freedom of expression.
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Private life is private life. Off the pitch, there is private life, and the rest is social life, where of course you have to behave responsibly.
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Environment-based education produces student gains in social studies, science, language arts, and math; improves standardized test scores and grade-point averages; and develops skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making.
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Race is an invention, not a noticeable genetic presence, and cultural traits are brute concoctions of the social sciences.
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Freedom of belief and worship is the most important guarantee of social peace.
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The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity to make the most of himself.
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All justice is inherently social. Can someone on a desert island be either just or unjust?
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Social Engineering - The art of replacing what works with what sounds good.
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Russia should be an effective and competitive state with a sustainable economy, developed social and political system flexible to changes domestically and globally.
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When you do have songs where you're going to say something, some kind of statement about cultural or social stuff, that in general people love it. People love to be challenged in that way.
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I think social media is a revolutionary phenomenon all in itself.
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To fully absorb the lessons of the Internet, urge the Internet-centrists, we need to reshape our political and social institutions in its image.
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As a writer of fiction who deals with technology, I necessarily deal with the history of technology and the history of technologically induced social change. I roam up and down it in a kind of special way because I roam down it into history, which is invariably itself a speculative affair.
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President Obama's version of America is a divided one - pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender, and social status. His policies have failed! We are not better off than we were 4 years ago, and no rhetoric, bumper sticker, or campaign ad can change that.
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Unfortunately, too many executives believe the myths about trust. Myths like how trust is soft and is merely a social virtue. The reality is that trust is hard-edged and is an economic driver.
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The demands of unbounded individualism need to be weighed in the light of inherent social constraints which can only change their form but cannot be eliminated without eliminating civilization.
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I think that music has always been restricted to media. The LP is an antiquated form, and the CD is now an antiquated form, and there's no sense grieving. Music is forever, there will always be songs. It's exciting that we're not limited to the media any more. I don't hold a precious view of my work, that it exists outside of social constructs or the confines of a platform.
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Morality is either a social contract or you have to pay cash.
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Workers organized and fought for worker rights and food safety, Social Security and Medicare - they fought to change government. And they won.
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The moment I started treating my social anxiety disorder, I started feeling better.
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A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you're talking about.
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The most basic inherent constraint is that neither time nor wisdom are free goods available in unlimited quantity. This means that in social processes, as in economic processes, it is not only impossible to attain perfection but irrational to seek perfection- or even to seek the best possible result in each separate instance.
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Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.
