Community Quotes · Page 167

“Although we live in a civilised society, the business world remains a jungle.”

— Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

“A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and a common hatred of its neighbors.”

— William Ralph Inge

The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone and to no one.

— Edward Abbey

I grew up in Palestine, West Virginia, which is mostly a farming community; there aren't a lot of jobs.

— Jessica Lynch

Togetherness is a substitute sense of community, a counterfeit communion.

— Gabriel Vahanian

If we care about family stability, if we care about community stability, then we need fewer evictions.

— Matthew Desmond

The electronic music world is such a tight-knit community. We're all hanging out at different festivals and such.

— Hardwell

Good food is a right, not a privilege. It brings children into a positive relationship with their health, community and environment.

— Alice Waters

Whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient…

— William J. Brennan

I became part of a little study group in community college and started caring about strangers. It gave me insight into what…

— Dan Harmon

Would it be a big step forward for the LGBTQI community if there were same-sex couples on 'Strictly?' Do me a favour.…

— Robert Rinder

[M]odern society is indeed often, at least in surface appearance, nothing but a collection of strangers, each pursuing his or her own…

— Alasdair MacIntyre

An open society calls itself open to improvement. It is based on the recognition that people have divergent views and interests, and…

— George Soros

Writers matter in a society to the extent that we can help that society hear its unvoiced longing, encounter its erased and…

— Adrienne Rich

The idea of Seth Rogen as the Green Hornet so inflaming the fanboy community is amusing, since that group's 20/50 vision also…

— Elvis Mitchell

There's a reality that the market is changing, and the stories of the Latino community need to be out because there's a…

— Diego Luna

Peace is a culture that we create by putting it in the curriculum for young people, through creating this next generation where…

— Craig Kielburger

I spent a lot of my time, growing up, at the Beck Center. I'd be in plays there, and I'd get there…

— Rory O'Malley

In the old days of America when communities were separated by hundreds of miles, why were they able to thrive? Because if…

— Benjamin Carson

Acting is fun. I enjoy it, but there is just not many opportunities to do it on a serious level. It is…

— Thomston

Before a community can prosper, the people must believe in their leaders. They must know that at the core of every decision…

— Linda Lingle

I am just...wondering, where is the glow of yesteryear? I'm wondering where the heroes went. Gosh, I don't know how long ago…

— Tom McCall

Community after community is rising up, ranchers, developers, environmentalists, and local commissioners, all saying this is not the best use of our…

— Terry Tempest Williams

“How not to search that space where, for a time span lasting from dusk to dawn, two beings have no other reason…

— Maurice Blanchot

There is much more to schools than buildings. There are academic activities, how it reaches the community and its proximity to other…

— John Warner

The international community should treat this as a window of opportunity to ramp up preparedness and response.

— Margaret Chan

A little of true nonviolence acts in a silent, subtle, unseen way and leavens the whole society.

— Mahatma Gandhi

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

— Anonymous

I contend that whatever does not raise the moral standard of the church or community has been a revival from God.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

I think the community that you're in really can define your ability to be at peace with your circumstances.

— Nick Jonas

I've always been supportive of the right of Israel as a state, and I've always fought against anti-Semitism, even in my own…

— Harry Belafonte

I have hurt my community. I have to look myself in the mirror and know that, and I have to own that…

— Killer Mike

I don't hate anyone. Sometimes I wish I could interact with the community in a more normal way, though.

— Christopher Poole

I'm always going to support the LGBT community and equal rights for the LGBT community.

— Sara Ramirez

I knew of the Sapeur community for a long time, and they're an important influence for me.

— Stromae

It's a good idea to revitalize community colleges, to cut back, to modify the student loan program so it doesn't go through…

— Noam Chomsky

As I review the great history of our nation, community organizers have been at the center of so many of our great…

— Cory Booker

There might be a different model for a literary community that's quicker, more real-time, and involves more spontaneity.

— George Saunders

Google has helped raise the importance of DNS above the network engineering community, which has been really good.

— David Ulevitch

The tradition of Umuganda is a beautiful and inspiring one. It connects people to their surrounds and creates a responsible community.

— Clemantine Wamariya