Society Quotes
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Poetry, whatever the manifest content of the poem, is always a violation of the rationalism and morality of bourgeois society.
Octavio Paz
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Serial killing is not about sex at all, but about power and control and revenge on society.
Pat Brown
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Till society is very differently constituted, parents, I fear, will still insist on being obeyed, because they will be obeyed, and constantly endeavour to settle that power on a Divine right, which will not bear the investigation of reason.
Mary Wollstonecraft
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These rumors do not circulate in all directions, but essentially from the top to the bottom of society. The rather sophisticated presentations, the apparently serious references that seem to justify their origins, and their distinguished proponents provide food for amplifications serving diverse interests and psychological biases in all layers of society.
Didier Sornette
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There is no better gift a society can give children than the opportunity to grow up safe and free - the chance to pursue whatever dreams they may have.
John Roberts
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If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.
Oscar Wilde
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I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.
J. C. Watts
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People have an awful lot of problems that society has put on them and a lot to work through because of it.
Dana Plato
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You've got to respond to that and of course thinking through the role of a left party in the modern world, in the modern economy and society and having a policy response to that.
Patricia Hewitt
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In my opinion, further consideration of those views will help us find a way out of the current impasse, and reveal to us the kinds of buildings and cities required by the informational society.
Kenzo Tange
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We shall probably get nearest to the truth if we think of the conscious and personal psyche as resting upon the broad basis of an inherited and universal psychic disposition which is as such unconscious, and that our personal psyche bears the same relation to the collective psyche as the individual to society.
Carl Jung
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LBJ held up Detroit as a model of what the Great Society could accomplish. He was right.
Mark Steyn
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Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator - life, liberty and freedom.
Jim DeMint
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I feel it is our inherent duty as a humane society, above any intangible responsibility, to invest in our world's children’s potential, passion and confidence.
Masiela Lusha
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One city can look at other cities relative to their city and learn something. It's a matter of sharing the patterns of what exists in one society based on landscape or cultural values versus other cities.
Jack Dangermond
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The Church, however, is a self-governing society, distinct from the State, having its officers and laws, and, therefore, an administrative government of its own.
Charles Hodge
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Today we know that centralization and big bureaucracies have not, as promised, been the answer for promoting better opportunities for society.
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
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Journalism is about results. It's about affecting your community or your society in the most progressive way.
Anas Aremeyaw Anas
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I'm a Sufi Muslim, I would say. I believe in using the medium to create a good vibration because art is so important to society. Some projects I don't do because I feel that it's going to create a bad vibe. I don't do propaganda films that are anti another religion, anti-Muslim or anti-Hindu.
A. R. Rahman
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I hope one day I will host my own charity event to give back to society.
Yani Tseng
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Labels, boxes, and politically correct terminology all seem small and irrelevant when being compared to the violent and brutal attacks on the lives of people who are different than what society says we should be.
La'Porsha Renae
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I entered the diocesan seminary. I liked the Dominicans, and I had Dominican friends. But then I chose the Society of Jesus, which I knew well because the seminary was entrusted to the Jesuits. Three things in particular struck me about the Society: the missionary spirit, community and discipline.
Pope Francis
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I could never be a country person, sitting around trees trying to write a song. I would rather be in the middle of society, whether it's growing or crumbling.
Ric Ocasek The Cars
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Society always focuses on the negatives. I think they should focus on things I do well like my Axel. It was really good. It is my job to change society.
Sasha Cohen