Society Quotes
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I'm a part of the GOP and let me tell you what my stance is. My stance is that, we the people have the responsibility to take care of the indigent in our society. It's not the government's job. You can read the Constitution all you want, it never says that it is the government's job and I think where we've gotten confused.
Benjamin Carson -
I think it's the society that drains us out, and we are in a society where we are driven by money.
Luc Besson
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It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.
William Makepeace Thackeray -
A society or a nation constructed nonviolently must be able to withstand attack upon its structure from without or within.
Mahatma Gandhi -
We have a myth of the classless society. You won't hear an American politician apart from Bernie Sanders talk about the working class. We are all middle class, apparently.
Margo Jefferson -
There is nothing sacred or untouchable except the freedom to think. Without criticism, that is to say, without rigor and experimentation, there is no science, without criticism there is no art or literature. I would also say that without criticism there is no healthy society.
Octavio Paz -
Our society demands that women be treated equally and that we not discriminate against them.
John McCain -
Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil.
William Randolph Hearst
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We live in a vastly complex society which has been able to provide us with a multitude of material things, and this is good, but people are beginning to suspect we have paid a high spiritual price for our plenty.
Euell Gibbons -
Today the data linking violence in the media to violence in society are superior to those linking cancer and tobacco.
David Grossman -
I wonder if it changes the nature of a society for beauty to be so common. Maybe in Vietnam "She has a wonderful personality" really means something. But I couldnt figure out a polite way to ask.
P. J. O'Rourke -
China is a very brand-intensive society. The reason that brands are so very important is that they are a way to signal social status.
John Quelch -
It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest.
John Joseph Lydon -
It's hard not to follow other careers of NFL quarterbacks in the 24/7 news-at-your-fingertips society we live in.
Andrew Luck
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I think sadly in any industry and in any work related environments females always strive to achieve a certain amount of perfection whether they be skinny or pretty. It's constant in our society.
Mila Kunis -
One cannot live in society and be free from society.
Vladimir Lenin -
Perhaps it is historically true that no order of society ever perishes save by its own hand.
John Maynard Keynes -
We have so many male superstars, but there are just a few female actors who have attained that status. It is not only because of the industry; it's in the society.
Radhika Apte -
London theatre is different: it is a commercial theatre that brings the whole of society into one place. And Shakespeare grasped, better than anyone else, what it means to engage the entire audience.
Neil MacGregor -
I have been told many times that when I win I make my people proud to be Australian. I am Aboriginal, I am one of them and every time I win or am honoured like this it should be an example to Aboriginal people who may think they have nowhere to go but down. But more importantly I am an Australian and I would like to make all Australians feel proud to be Australian. Ours is a truly multicultural society and should be united as such. I would like to believe that my successes are celebrated by all Australians, bringing our nation together.
Cathy Freeman
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As I look back on it, I'm glad that I had this false image. I was who everyone else - my parents, my friends, society - wanted me to be. I was a pleaser, someone who wanted to make everyone happy, to not let anyone down. Now, I'm not like that.
Natalie Portman -
I'll tell you what's the greatest power under heaven, and that is public opinion-the ruling belief in society about what is right and what is wrong, what is honourable and what is shameful. That's the steam that is to work the engines.
George Eliot -
It is likewise to be observed that this society hath a peculiar chant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand, and wherein all their laws are written, which they take special care to multiply.
Jonathan Swift -
I think if technology is used in a way that is not responsible, that is a bad thing. I think technology and where it is going inevitable, and there's great benefits that can help an individual in society at large.
Tom Cruise