Social Quotes

I think social media is a revolutionary phenomenon all in itself.

Tony Blair
No human society is too primitive to have some kind of literature. The only thing is that primitive literature hasn't yet become distinguished from other aspects of life: it's still embedded in religion, magic and social ceremonies.

Northrop Frye
- Kind
- Literature
- Magic

Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.

Thomas Sowell
- Moral
- Negative
- Morality
It is only by the rational use of technology; to control and guide what technology is doing; that we can keep any hopes of a social life more desirable than our own: or in fact of a social life which is not appalling to imagine.

Carrie Snow
- Technology
- Imagine
- Facts
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.

Thomas Sowell
- World
- Past
- Liberty
We feed upon each other's mouths and minds like ants with social stomachs.

Weston La Barre
- Mind
- Social
- Mouths
If we look long enough and hard enough ... we will begin to see the connections that bind us together, and when we recognize those connections, we will begin to change the world.

Muriel Rukeyser
- Together
- Enough
- Changing
Tribalism is a social form which can exist at any level of technology. It's a complete illusion to associate it with low levels of technology. It is probably, in fact, a form of social organization second only to the family in its ability to endure.

Terence McKenna
- Technology
- Ability
- Facts