Society Quotes
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We cannot restore integrity and morality to our society until each of us-singly and individually-takes responsibility for our actions.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
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It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the processnof doing.
Elizabeth Kolbert
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If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision those of its members who were most poorly endowed in the distribution or wealth that chance had made, and who were, therefore, most worthy of indulgence.
Victor Hugo
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Society has low standards for what is considered good or great music.
Eyedea
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Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman, I care not what his stamp may be in society; I care not what clothes he wears, or what culture he boasts.
Edwin Hubbell Chapin
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At first glance it would seem, of course, that no two subjects could possibly be further apart than an underground society of pickup artists and supercomputer chess. What on earth do these two narratives have to do with each other—and what do they have to do with asserting myself as human in the Turing test? The answer is surprising, and it hinges on what chess players call “getting out of book.” We’ll look at what that means in chess and in conversation, how to make it happen, and what the consequences are if you don’t.
Brian Christian
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As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.
Albert Camus
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Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
Harry S Truman
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We would like to get to a point in our society where people really are colorblind and this message would not have to be told anymore. Unfortunately, we're not there yet.
Harry Connick, Jr.
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An artist should be well read in the best books, and thoroughly high bred, both in heart and bearing. In a word, he should be fit for the best society, and should keef out of it.
John Ruskin
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A great step forward was made the day men understood that in order to torment one another more efficiently they would have to gather together, to organize themselves into a society.
Emil Cioran
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If you think about it, an unfair society is a society that makes it possible for you to exploit your abilities to the limit.
Haruki Murakami
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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
Jimmy Carter
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The problem in society we have at the moment is that everyone is afraid of making a mistake. Everyone is afraid of the consequence of error.
Michael Ryan
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A prison is a cross section of society in which every human strain is clearly revealed.
Eugene V. Debs
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Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules too complex, there's some sort of musical explosion.
Slash Guns N' Roses
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We found ... that being a good parent to one's own child was never and in no way enough; until we were all responsible for all the children of the world, no child would ever be safe, no society could survive.
Eda LeShan
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Feminism is a revolutionary movement which is different from the class struggle movement, the proletarian movement, but which is a movement which must be leftist. By that I mean at the extreme left, a movement working to overthrow the whole society.
Simone de Beauvoir
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I find the science behind major natural events almost more interesting than the way in which those same events wreak their effects on human society.
Simon Winchester
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Education is a priority over any sport because without a mind you can't contribute to society.
Tiger Woods
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Certainly if the fundamental problem of society is that demands are infinite and resources are always limited, politics, not economics is the master science.
Bernard Crick
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Make sure you live life, which means don't do things where you court celebrity, and give something positive back to our society.
Paul Newman
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I've read crime fiction all my life. A thing that's bothered me about crime fiction is that it's generally about one or two people, but there's not much about society. I want to get away from that particular pattern: a lead, a supporting role and backdrop characters.
Stieg Larsson
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The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
Miguel de Cervantes