There is a strange taboo in our society against ending something merely because it is not pleasant-- life, love, a conversation, you… — Helen DeWitt Copy Share Image
…I understood why those who had lived through war or economic disasters, and who had built for themselves a good life and… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I would that the healing power of Christ might spread over the earth and be diffused through our society and into our… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
It's the same thing in a way with privacy. You can say "I'm not doing anything wrong, therefore this doesn't concern me,"… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
We are all going to die. When it happens in such a drastic, inhuman way, which we've been seeing in Africa, this… — Veronika Varekova Copy Share Image
The whole idea we have for their chastity is ridiculous. They would have to become numb and invisible to please us. I… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
In Britain, journalists often view comparisons with our society going back two, three, or seven centuries as more relevant than comparisons going… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
It is such a supreme folly to believe that nuclear weapons are deadly only if they're used. The fact that they exist… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
We may agree, for example, that our societies must provide greater security for the individual; yet if all we succeed in producing… — Robert Ardrey Copy Share Image
Whatever else the true preaching of the word would need to include, it at least would have to be a word that… — Letty M. Russell Copy Share Image
I don't want to exaggerate; having as many African American men as we've had in the criminal-justice system, and the amount of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Authentic love is obviously something good... When we love, we become most fully ourselves, most fully human... People often think they are… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I didn't know I was depressed until years later. Actually, I went to the Minirth-Meier Clinic for ADD. I got tested for… — Terry Bradshaw Copy Share Image
Concern for the fate of the great rivers of the earth must lead us to reflect soberly on the model of development… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Ethics or simple honesty is the building blocks upon which our whole society is based, and business is a part of our… — Kerry Stokes Copy Share Image
It is the Fourth Instinct (the spirit - RJ) that urges us to exceed ourselves ... by awakening our intuitive selves, and… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
October 6, 1774 I met those of our society who had votes in the ensuing election, and advised them 1. To vote,… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
In many respects, we now live in a society that is only formally democratic, as the great mass of citizens have minimal… — Robert Waterman McChesney Copy Share Image
The money our society spends goes to appease those with power. As such, it goes mainly to those who don't need it.… — Mancur Olson Copy Share Image
One of the greatest sources of problems in our society arises from people having loads of wrong theories in their heads -… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
...nuclear warfare is not necessary to cause a breakdown of our society. You take a large city like Los Angeles, New York,… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
Every decision a person makes stems from the person's values and goals. People can have many different goals and values; fame, profit,… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
In our society, we move people out of government. It's all operated by machines, meaning – not the people, just the products:… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
In the 20th century, evangelical Christians in America have naively accepted the role assigned to us by an anti-religious, anti-Christian consensus in… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
We must ask whether our machine technology makes us proof against all those destructive forces which plagued Roman society and ultimately wrecked… — Robert Strausz-Hupe Copy Share Image
It is notable how little empathy is cultivated or valued in our society. I put this down to our traditional racism and… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The AIDS disease is caused by a virus, but the AIDS epidemic is not. The AIDS epidemic is fueled by stigma, by… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I think so much of our society is geared towards mainstream media and pop culture and so forth. And there's a huge… — Bruce Pavitt Copy Share Image
Sometimes, from outside, and from America especially, where the racial tension is so intense, you tend to understand Brazil as a kind… — Gilberto Gil Copy Share Image
At the moment our human world is based on the suffering and destruction of millions of non-humans. To perceive this and to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
...our societies appear to be intent on immediate consumption rather than on investment for the future. We are piling up enormous debts… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
Dying well is part of living well and one day our society will surely recognize that. But I suppose we'll only know… — Victor Lewis-Smith Copy Share Image
Consider children as a beat. Clearly not an institution of power, children don't vote and they don't pass taxes. They have no… — Joan Konner Copy Share Image
Many of the rites of passage, those rituals of growing up found in our society, are in the form of such comic,… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I think there is an important moment happening in our society right, and I have to… — Amber Heard Copy Share Image
Citizens across the United States are now uniting in a great cause to establish a Department of Peace, seeking nothing less than… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
When one is that powerful and one think life will last like that forever, it is simply the most ephemeral thing. I… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
I want to create a rapid response team, right around the world, perhaps starting originally with our partners, similar to the one… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Our society has reoriented itself to the present moment. Everything is live, real time, and always-on. It’s not a mere speeding up,… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
Being LGBT is not a choice. It's not about "a sexual proclivity." It's not a "lifestyle," as you put it. It's about… — Steven Petrow Copy Share Image
