Society Quotes
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We need to do a top/bottom review of the federal government and for every agency administration bureaucracy that is not called for in the United States Constitution, we have to really ask the question what is its purpose, how many people work there, how much does it cost the taxpayers and what is the value to our society.
Josh Mandel
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The U.S. military is so far behind the rest of our society.
Allyson Robinson
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Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.
David Ogilvy
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We must reform society before we can reform ourselves.
George Bernard Shaw
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Anyone who assumes that this country is standing still is not a good American, or rather, he is an apathetic and dead one and makes no contribution to the society.
Sidney Buchman
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It's been overlooked for a long time as a real public health problem. All of western society is a little bit sleep-deprived, and when I say a little bit, I mean chronically.
Michael Rosbash
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Through its interpretation of the Constitution, the Supreme Court hugely shapes the fabric of our society for us and for future generations.
Herb Kohl
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I do feel that in modern society that still is the best way to survive. Whatever it is, just keep doing something, because complete stillness or inactivity is more like death than death.
Ana Lily Amirpour
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Violence in our society has reached epidemic proportions. ... Violence in the media for entertainment purposes has been established as a major contributing factor.
Deborah Prothrow-Stith
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Never again can the Republican Party simply write off entire segments of our society because we assume our principles have limited appeal. They have broad appeal. We need to be larger than that.
Jeb Bush
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Society is going to judge you no matter what you do.
Ziad K. Abdelnour
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The whole underside of our society has always been violence and still is. Churches, laws - everybody seems to think that man is a noble savage. But he's only an animal. A meat-eating, talking animal. Recognize it. He also has grace and love and beauty. But don't say to me we're not violent.
Sam Peckinpah
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Service to society is the rent we pay for living on this planet.
Joseph Murray
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We live in a kissy society.
Michael Bergin
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In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.
Ivan Illich
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Films can't change the society; they can simply open the space for the discussion which can lead to social change and can start new forms of social activism.
Joshua Oppenheimer
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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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We need to leave to the market and society what they can do well.
Li Keqiang
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I've always been tremendously interested in criminal law. It goes to a deep interest I have in prisons and the criminal element, and what we do as a society with it. I've always been touched by the idea of criminality.
Elizabeth Strout
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No society can sustain unlimited growth - none ever has. History demonstrates that expectations of infinite growth lead to collapse. Unfortunately, millennia of evidence also indicates that needed attempts to stabilize such societies run counter to the expectations of the populace and of interest groups. For that reason, such attempts at stabilization frequently fail.
Arthur Demarest
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It's important to recognize that expanding the circle of opportunity and increasing the democratic potential of our own society, as well as those across the world, is a continuing process of inclusion.
Hillary Clinton
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One of the things I most admire about America is they have created a genuine melting pot society, a country of opportunity; you can be of any religion, colour, ethnicity, persuasion and make it to the top of your chosen field. And that's something I admire about America and hope they continue with.
David Cameron
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Soldiers out here have kept us safe for so long, that there is essentially no real danger in this society.
Bill Whittle
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Search for what is good and strong and beautiful in your society and elaborate from there. Push outward. Always create from what you already have. Then you will know what to do.
Michel Foucault