Social Quotes · Page 153

At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.

— Calvin Trillin

Punk rock seemed to make sense. I was listening to The Clash and I really loved their social messages and they have…

— Justin Sane

Besides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral.

— Charles Darwin

Social comparison that leads to unhappiness is the downside of social media.

— Michelle Gielan

I'm hoping to earn enough to buy a few properties, that way I can make money that way and I want to…

— Justin Gaethje

Revolution, the substitution of one social system for another, has always been a struggle, a painful and a cruel struggle, a life…

— Joseph Stalin

We can preserve Social Security benefits for generations of Americans without privatizing this important program.

— Richard Neal

With technology and social media and citizen journalism, every rock that used to go unturned is now being flipped, lit and put…

— LZ Granderson

Social media seemed to promise a way to better connect with people; instead, it seems to have made it easier to tune…

— Jenna Wortham

The film industry has become a universal medium exercising a profound influence on the development of people's attitudes and choices, and possessing…

— Pope John Paul II

Some days, I'll be very down and out, but you won't be able to tell, really, because I don't express that side…

— Lil Peep

Is class snobbery a social reality in the United States? Absolutely, and the kind that's codified by meritocracy is probably more toxic…

— Timothy Noah

The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his…

— Ibrahim Babangida

An Australian swimmer who failed to win a gold medal is blaming her loss on social media. In her defense, it is…

— Conan O'Brien

Socialism also brings us up against the hard rock of eugenic fact which, if we neglect it, will dash our most beautiful…

— Havelock Ellis

“Over the long term, symbolic attempts at appearing cool end up replacing honest charity that actually helps people. In most cases, social…

— Greg Gutfeld

The idea of any social obligation [...] just the idea of it embarasses my thoughts for a day, and sometimes it's since…

— Fernando Pessoa

Changing the structure and rules of the global economy will require a mass movement based on messages of compassion, justice, and equality,…

— Medea Benjamin

Today we are again witnessing the emergence of transnational elites ... [Whose] ties cut across national boundaries ...It is likely that before…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Among the few I have indicated, is there no dynamic man of action, the rebel who will help determine the aspect of…

— Piet Zwart

I confess that I am not charmed with the ideal of life held out by those who think that the normal state…

— John Stuart Mill

China reformed its state sector before, in the late 1990s. Tens of millions were laid off at the time. That was scary…

— Zhang Xin

I like to read quotes that touch on how I am feeling [on social media]. If I am dealing with confusion, I…

— Keke Palmer

Photography is the typical means of expression of a society founded on a civilization of technicians, conscious of the aims it has…

— Gisele Freund

Successful companies in social media function more like entertainment companies, publishers, or party planners than as traditional advertisers.

— Erik Qualman

I was always interested in social change but never actually did anything about it.

— Ben Rattray

My contention is even people who are living without social media are not just aware of it, they are affected by it.

— David Baddiel

Young people have been at the forefront of every great social movement in our country's history.

— Sherrod Brown

I don't have problems from gay people when I see them. I really just have problems on social media.

— Boosie

The first law of social communication is whenever you meet anyone, exalt him or her.

— Harbhajan Singh Yogi

For higher-level execs with greater public visibility, social networks need to become as good at filtering as they are at connecting.

— danah boyd

The smallest indivisible human unit is two people, not one; one is a fiction. From such nets of souls societies, the social…

— Tony Kushner

I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs…

— Kenny Rogers

You need to change your mind from sell sell sell to help help help and if you can do that as a…

— Mark Schaefer

Social Security's future has gotten worse, and each year we delay reform adds to the cost we are pushing off onto our…

— John Goodman

Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet…

— Evan Esar

I've been talking about things like reversing the rise of inequality and strengthening social mobility,since before it was cool.

— Barack Obama

I've always been someone who likes to go to bed early and doesn't feel so social all the time.

— Eva Victor

I do think it's important that we experiment with new vocabularies. That new words help us conceptualize our social existence in a…

— Judith Butler

The social scene at the Harvard I knew was outside the rules of literature. It was less poignant.

— Lisa Brennan-Jobs