Our society Quotes · Page 4

Our society is just less open to platitudes, more open to stories.

— Max Lucado

The more cashless our society becomes, the more our moral compass slips.

— Dan Ariely

If our society continues at its present rate to become less livable as it becomes more affluent, we promise all to end…

— John W. Gardner

No computer network with pretty graphics can ever replace the salespeople that make our society work.

— Clifford Stoll

The nature and extent of profanity and vulgarity in our society is a measure of its deterioration.

— Dallin H. Oaks

I have believed in the biographies I have written. I truly can tell you that they have influenced our society politically, culturally,…

— Kitty Kelley

I think that our society will not allow anyone to establish a dictatorship again in the future. [Mikhail] Saakashvili will fail.

— Irakli Okruashvili

TV holds a close second to cars for destroying our society. It's a failed experiment.

— Natalie Merchant

We learn the social norms of our society and modify our behaviour accordingly.

— Jane Goodall

Television reflects our society in a more accurate way than at any time in the past.

— Janet Street-Porter

If we are to prevent the fabric of our society from coming apart, we must teach our children to excel not only…

— Clarence Page

The most alarming sign of the state of our society now is that our leaders have the courage to sacrifice the lives…

— Wendell Berry

Our society must move from ego-system to eco-system economics. This requires that we shift from ego-system silos to eco-system awareness that considers…

— Otto Scharmer

One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category.…

— Faye Wattleton

I think it's such utter hypocrisy that so many people in our society were obviously all watching pornography and yet we treat…

— Steve Grand

I respect very much the role of the media in our society; I think they can be very, very helpful. They serve…

— Alberto Gonzales

The arts reflect profoundly the most democratic credo, the belief in an individual vision or voice . . . The arts' belief…

— Wendy Wasserstein

My goal is simple. All I want to do is re-connect people with animals. Awaken some emotions and some feelings and some…

— Gary Yourofsky

It is never easy to demand the most from ourselves, from our lives, from our work. To encourage excellence is to go…

— Audre Lorde

There exists in our society widespread fear of judging…[B]ehind the unwillingness to judge lurks the suspicion that no one is a free…

— Hannah Arendt

Though I am flattered that Governor Palin has chosen to cite me as a source of wisdom, what I said had nothing…

— Madeleine Albright

We conservatives bemoan the decline in values that has besieged our society. Why then should we not abhor the lack of morality…

— Wendell Berry

Our society is not held together primarily by law and its enforcement but most importantly by those who voluntarily obey the unenforceable…

— Dallin H. Oaks

We all have a large stake in preserving our democracy, but I maintain that those without power in our society, the black,…

— Charles Rangel

I mean, Britain is a country of successful Muslim businesspeople, teachers and educators, journalists. So, we have to say very strongly that…

— David Miliband

The Rosary, especially prayed in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, is a powerful means of spiritual grace. In all of our…

— Thomas Vose Daily

All prisons that have existed in our society to date put people away as no human being should ever be put away.

— Barbara Deming

The place of cycling in our society is set to grow, and I am committed to doing everything possible to encourage that.

— Gordon Brown

And they did it with something that is basicly worthless in our society - pennies. But overseas, pennies can move mountains

— Greg Mortenson

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

— Carter Burwell

I am afraid to live in the society we live in today. Our society cannot be maintained by this type of incompetency.

— Jacque Fresco

Only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse, whether violent, or gradual.

— Jean Piaget

Teachers are the most important individuals in our society - nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education.

— George Lucas

Mathematics is not merely an idle art form, it is an essential part of our society.

— Richard Hamming

I think too often in our society parents, who may have good impulses, overreach and try to mold and shape and direct…

— Michael Sandel

Our society has been eaten up by the economic view of things, which routinely forces us to work at jobs that don't…

— Sam Keen

Our society doesn't want to help girls like that [in Black Snake Moan]. They just want to use them.

— Christina Ricci

It's not a big secret that what's lacking and what's wrong in our society starts with education.

— Oren Moverman

The people who do not get jobs are often the most vulnerable in our society, and joblessness is a terrible plight for…

— Tim Bishop

The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of the generation to come.

— Anonymous