Community Quotes · Page 119

Language furnishes the best proof that a law accepted by a community is a thing that is tolerated and not a rule…

— Ferdinand de Saussure

I am shaped by my community - and I have been supported in my ambition to be an actor and storyteller.

— Lily Gladstone

The best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else's back. That's the essence of community.

— Bode Miller

My father was a religious leader in the community, and my sister is a pastor.

— Roger Ross Williams

''Society defines me as a certain type of person let me define myself.''

— Jeremy Limn

But if you aren't any religion, how are you going to know if you should join the Y or the Jewish Community…

— Judy Blume

We Communists are like seeds and the people are like the soil. Wherever we go, we must unite with the people, take…

— Mao Zedong

When you have a community that's strong in the arts, it brings all sorts of attention and different businesses into the community.

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

“At the exact time that our society embraces shaming, blaming, judgment, and rejection, it also holds acceptance and belonging as immensely important.…

— Brené Brown

Abortion and contraception are inextricably intertwined in their use. As the idea of family planning spreads through a community there appears to…

— Malcolm Potts

And I think one of the tasks that I always feel is how to get that vision out of them. Not exactly…

— Lawrence Halprin

Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of us claiming the identities and…

— Bell Hooks

Any communitys arm of force - military, police, security - needs people in it who can do necessary evil, and yet not…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

I think that the fact that we had a trans woman on the cover of 'Vanity Fair'... is only good for the…

— Gaby Hoffmann

As a former police officer, I have long advocated that it is not only the job of the NYPD to make our…

— Eric Adams

Once it has been perceived that the division of labour is the essence of society, nothing remains of the antithesis between individual…

— Ludwig von Mises

If you ask a Saudi Imam why women in Saudi Arabia can't drive, he'll say, 'Because Islam demands it.' But that's absurd,…

— Reza Aslan

“Everyday life presents itself as a reality interpreted by men and subjectively meaningful to them as a coherent world. As sociologists we…

— Peter L. Berger

I am so proud to be running with another strong history-making woman, Hillary Clinton, to be president of the United States. I'm…

— Tim Kaine

By stopping the flow of illegal immigration, we will save countless tax dollars, and that's so important because the tax - the…

— Donald Trump

I just try to make sure every day that I'm blessed to live on this earth that I seize that day. I'm…

— Robert Griffin III

Critical journalism has gone out of fashion, or rather, it has been bought out. And so, we have much less of it…

— Thomas Pogge

One way to get very humble is to dedicate the work you're going to do to your community. And by community I…

— Sandra Cisneros

Jesmyn Ward is an alchemist. She transmutes pain and loss into gold. Men We Reaped illustrates hardships but thankfully, vitally, it's just…

— Victor LaValle

We've always been value-driven with things like gratitude, curiosity, courage, humility and a sense of community.

— Doug Burgum

A society can be judged by how it deals with its most vulnerable: the aged, the infirm, the disabled and the unborn.

— Mike Pence

A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

In my spare time, I volunteer at my daughters' schools so I can stay involved with the activities and parent/teacher community.

— Belinda Johnson

Be extra careful when buying into companies and industries that are the current darlings of the financial community.

— Philip Arthur Fisher

I just love putting on a show. I get a tremendous sense of community out of it.

— John Wesley Harding

Only an organized and conscious people can bring about a different kind of society.

— Salvador Allende

I was a homecoming king in high school! I was involved. I was a good member of the community, I thought.

— Kevin Connolly

After globalisation, one country can't destabilise another country, as the international community will not forget it.

— Rajnath Singh

At Tesla, we don't go into a community and think we're going to sell one or two cars.

— Kimbal Musk

“Society, rather than valuing us as full human beings and empowering us, socializes us to focus on attracting, giving to, and pleasing…

— Carolynn Hillman CSW

I grew up in a segregated community: I couldn't go to the public schools, beaches, certain parts of town.

— Bryan Stevenson

“Is it not true that in ancient times the worst punishment of all was not death, but banishment?”

— Jean Said Makdisi

I don't think you ever replace David Ortiz with what he brings to an organization or to a community.

— Dave Dombrowski

I know my responsibilities. They are to my religion, my parents, my wife, my family and my community.

— Moeen Ali

Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.

— Federica Mogherini