Society Quotes · Page 146

Society soon grows used to any state of things which is imposed upon it without explanation.

— Edith Wharton

Religion is the mortar that binds society together; the granite pedestal of liberty; the strong backbone of the social system.

— Thomas Guthrie

I'm an Afro-realist. I take what comes, and I do my best to affect what is unacceptable in society.

— Wole Soyinka

We have to break the cycle of structural racism, and build a truly just society for all of us.

— Jamaal Bowman

It's really fascinating how society has chosen to view or define what it is to be Latino. Latinos are not a monolith.…

— Ariana DeBose

To have real success and roots in a society, there has to be a local champion, and hence we believe in identifying…

— Masayoshi Son

It is only when the individual is good that society will progress. When the society and the nation is based on the…

— Sathya Sai Baba

I put in the same hours to get good at this as a surgeon who went to college. It's just a much…

— Dean Ambrose

The 'economy' became a god such as never before, and a happy, successful society was one that could please this god -…

— Michael Leunig

The problem is if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the…

— Alain de Botton

The total impact of the Tory/Liberal tax, welfare and public spending changes has hit the poorest 10% in society disproportionately hard -…

— Nicola Sturgeon

To be a good reporter, writing about war, you have to write about the people. It's not about the tanks or the…

— Janine di Giovanni

All kinds of gambling, from bingo to baccarat, are benign entertainment for most people, dangerously addictive to a few, and capable of…

— Jacob Weisberg

I think most people accept that it is necessary to have some surveillance in a democratic society. I think most people accept…

— Keir Starmer

You see God's hands in so many situations. Then someone will point to all the bad things that are going on. Well,…

— Jeremy Camp

There are three ways of securing a society that shall be stable as regards population. The first is that of birth control,…

— Bertrand Russell

In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.

— Harvey Mackay

Tightening up border and immigration controls go nowhere in addressing the underlying causes of terrorism in our society and in our world.

— John McDonnell

A free and open society is an ongoing conflict, interrupted periodically by compromises.

— Saul Alinsky

Society celebrates mediocrity so much that it does not take much to set yourself above the rest.

— Senora Roy

“Every man is capable of doing good to another, but to contribute to the happiness of an entire society is to become…

— Montesquieu

There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it

— Eric Hoffer

What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not…

— Michel Foucault

Design and branding are inextricably linked to the way in which society, culture, the environment, and business interact.

— Debbie Millman

As my Russian improves, I become increasingly conscious of just what sort of a society I live in.

— Lee Harvey Oswald

Rock and Roll adolescent hoodlums storm the streets of all nations. They rush into the Louvre and throw acid in the Mona…

— William S. Burroughs

In today's society, a lot of males think you have to be strong all the time, and you're not allowed to show…

— Zach Ertz

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mike Cernovich is not everything that's wrong with society, but he is definitely the low hanging fruit of what's wrong with society.

— Sam Seder

She needs make-up to cover up because, society taught her who she is, isn't enough.

— Anonymous

It's not fair that women look in the mirror and feel disgust because of what society has made them believe.

— Jessica Simpson

I just want my daughter to grow up in a society where she feels accepted being South African, German and Ukrainian.

— Motsi Mabuse

Every human society has its lights and its shadows. That's the reality of existence.

— Sebastian Lelio

Waring: Reflections in this mirror maybe distorted by socially constructed ideas of beauty.

— Anonymous

Who wouldn't be depressed living in a society that can't agree on reality, let alone health-care policy?

— Owen King

My family, doctors, and society at large were constantly telling me that I was too heavy, that I needed to exercise more,…

— Beanie Feldstein

Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society's tools, neither more nor…

— Henrik Ibsen

We praise like frogs, Swear like frogs, Turn midgets into heroes, and heroes into scum: We never stop and think.

— Nizar Qabbani

I was always excited about doing things with people that were ahead of their time, that were sort of out of sync…

— Jerry Heller

To unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit of our nation is, with one accord, adverse.

— Thomas Jefferson