Social Quotes · Page 144

A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphere.

— Wyndham Lewis

I regard this novel as a work without redeeming social value, unless it can be recycled as a cardboard box.

— Ellen Goodman

The great object of the institution of civil government is the improvement of those who are parties to the social compact.

— John Quincy Adams

When you keep un-bundling various aspects of a social problem, you can arrive at a very basic, common space.

— Rohini Nilekani

It is important to recognize the limited ability of the legal system to prescribe and enforce the quality of social arrangements.

— Hillary Clinton

Human beings are social creatures - not occasionally or by accident but always. Sociability is one of our lives as both cause…

— Clay Shirky

I don't think social commentary should be planned, you just have to be truthful.

— Nick Damici

Is still fulfilling its social function in supplying the consumers with more, better and cheaper goods.

— Ludwig von Mises

I know, too, that millions and millions of people voted for Trump not because they are cartoon racists, but because they did…

— David Remnick

I would challenge more hip hop artists that are rapping about what it's like to be real and the social ills that…

— Killer Mike

There is a simple rule here, a rule of legislation, a rule of business, a rule of life: beyond a certain point,…

— P. J. O'Rourke

With social media, you take the good and the bad of it. You have to make the most of the opportunities. You…

— Bobby Roode

If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if…

— Margaret Atwood

Fashion is as profound and critical a part of the social life of man as sex, and is made up of the…

— Rene Konig

Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself. Just as the word “water”…

— Alan Watts

For the record, feminism by definition is: 'The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the…

— Emma Watson

I'm still committed to the socialist idea because the socialist idea, correctly understood, includes the principles of freedom and social justice. It…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

People really do identify with the characters they see on the show, but these days, social media allows you to interact with…

— Chris Carmack

Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, are motivated by all kinds of issues. They're sincerely interested in the economy,…

— Barack Obama

We spend all this energy keeping our lives normal and safe and predictable, and the result is that our approved cultural safety…

— Peter Coyote

With such global events looming over us like mountains, nay, like entire mountain ranges, it may seem incongruous and inappropriate to recall…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The point is not that Jesus was a good guy who accepted everybody, and thus we should do the same (though that…

— Anonymous

Be skeptical, but not as a social position, not claiming to be so intelligent that you cannot believe what other people say.…

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

Marriage is a very strange thing. It’s a very public institution, it’s meant to tell the world that two people are going…

— Shashi Deshpande

I am still fairly new to the whole social media thing - I am definitely tweeting and Facebooking. It's a nice way…

— Laura Mennell

When a match doesn't go your way, people tend to take to social media and just say very inappropriate things.

— Kevin Anderson

The future is in photos for social media. More and more people are not reading, so I try to attach a photo…

— Tyra Banks

That's what social media is, that's what Twitter is, that's what Facebook posts are. It's just really anti-intellectual.

— David Cross

Being on social media has made me realise the number of fans I have, and how excited they are about my music.

— Harrdy Sandhu

Political reporting is too often trivialised, treated as a soap opera based in Westminster, rather than placed in a broader social or…

— Owen Jones

Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation.

— Hank Johnson

I think social change work is some of the most extraordinary dreaming that any of us have the possibility of doing.

— Amber Hollibaugh

But revolutionary is not an acceptable term to those who benefit from, and deny at the same time, the savage exploitativeness of…

— Herbert Schiller

That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Every social network on Earth pitches me, and I say no to nearly every single one of them.

— David Sze

I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception.

— Tony Judt

I find that most people [in social media] just want me to say "happy birthday" to their mom or wish them good…

— Boy George

50 and I are extremely close, so all that social media drama? It's just for the show.

— Courtney A. Kemp

No one wants to follow someone fake or boring. Being accessible on social media, being honest, and having fun with it is…

— Frankie Grande

Social niceties are not in order for men who would turn away refugees fleeing for their lives based on their faith to…

— Rashida Tlaib