Society Quotes · Page 150

“When you put a healthy person in an unhealthy society, he becomes unhealthy.”

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

You'll often hear the left lecture about the importance of dissent in a free society.

— David Harsanyi

In all forms of art, it's our duty to hold a mirror to society, without judgement of course.

— Arjun Mathur

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.

— Elie Wiesel

“Was wir über unsere Gesellschaft, ja über die Welt, in der wir leben, wissen, wissen wir durch die Massenmedien”

— Niklas Luhmann

I think that writers are, at best, outsiders to the society they inhabit. They have a kind of detachment, or try to…

— John Irving

I'm not going to hold my tongue because society wouldn't want me to say something.

— Cupcakke

“A society will manufacture an image of progress and locate it in the direction it wishes to take us.”

— Steve Aylett

Good governance takes behavior that is negative or not helpful to the greater good of society, whether it's polluting behaviour, plastics, or…

— Edward Burtynsky

To associate with other like-minded people in small, purposeful groups is for the great majority of men and women a source of…

— Aldous Huxley

“In paying attention to our wellbeing, we address the needs of our environment - the society that we live in and our…

— Louisa Thomsen Brits

Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World…

— Noam Chomsky

Trump lays bare a lot of things already wrong with our society. But he also accelerates the process of it becoming worse,…

— Jeff Vandermeer

Our society expects that everyone should learn to write, even though very few become professional writers. Similarly, I think that everyone should…

— Mitchel Resnick

Against this backdrop of technological change and heightened expectations, it is worth remembering our broad public policy objectives, which are driven by…

— Jerome Powell

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society…

— Frederick Douglass

“Societies only have waste products while acquiring fresh raw material remains a cheaper option than recycling.”

— Peter F. Hamilton

Justice is the most important thing. In a plural society like Malaysia, you cannot have two laws - one law for the…

— Mahathir Mohamad

I don't think it could be a coincidence that the more technological a society is, the less it connects people.

— John Zerzan

Unfortunately, the more chaotic the society, the greater is the desire for conservative, nonconfrontational art.

— Kate Braverman

Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results.

— Richard Stallman

When we represent all cultures with sensitivity and truth, we foster a society that supports all people.

— Mena Massoud

A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also…

— Bhumibol Adulyadej

I have seen people from every strata of society trying to prove their talent. And I value people only for their talent.

— Anu Malik

You can't put a gun in the hands of someone who represents a danger to themselves or society.

— Thom Tillis

Well, marriage is a very important part of our culture and our society. If we want to have a hopeful and decent…

— Karl Rove

I've always thought that the level of homelessness in society is likely to be a truer measure of how civilised we are…

— Grant Shapps

It's Russia. It's a patriarchal society. That's a fact you have to get used to. We have sexism. And it's widespread.

— Ksenia Sobchak

Just the simple act of sharing wisdom is something that many parents have left to society to do; however, that is not…

— Monica Johnson

Mexico established a unique three-part governing system shared by the government, the information commission and civil society organisations.

— Mo Ibrahim

Obesity is a societal issue. We have to come together with government, business, civil society, and NGOs to create solutions for this.

— Muhtar Kent

Right now, we do not act as a true society. We act as a world under terror, just scrambling to survive.

— Jaden Smith

He thinks like a Tory, and talks like a Radical, and that's so important nowadays.

— Oscar Wilde

I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.

— Yayoi Kusama

Look at every Zion society from ancient times to present, and you find at its center love for others.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

“Society will always be too fragile to accept us for all that makes us beautiful.”

— robert m drake

Our society needs to become less fragmented and more open to alternative viewpoints.

— Susan Collins

I think there's still a feeling within society, entertainment aside, that women are less funny than men.

— Zawe Ashton

“Every human being has the potential for mastery. Every soul deeply yearns to contribute.”

— Amy McTear

We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property.

— Cornel West