Social Quotes · Page 128

My belief is that the purpose of economic life is to meet the social needs of people.

— Maurice Strong

Social media has created a digital latticework, but it has also, for some, created abusive commenters, silos, and validation rather than curiosity.

— Mary Pilon

1 mistake on Social Media? All posts about my biz, my product, my biz, my product, more of my products... Get the…

— Hania Whitfield

The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples.

— Walter Lippmann

The 'Alliance for Progress' was a political proposal to improve conditions. It was aimed at lowering the social difference between cultures.

— Hugo Chavez

People were saying on social media, 'He's going out too much' - I got judged. That was demoralising.

— Judd Trump

There seems to be no limit to the exciting possibilities that come from combining technical innovations, the Internet, and social media.

— Mohamed El-Erian

The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It's really no more inflammatory than that.

— Sam Harris

Scientific and technological "solutions" which poison the environment or degrade the social structure and man himself are of no benefit, no matter…

— E. F. Schumacher

We are confronted by the appearance of social institutions unintentionally created, vital for the welfare of society, which are not the result…

— Carl Menger

The future is a process, not a destination. Richard Stallman is a guy my age. I sympathize with Richard rather more than…

— Bruce Sterling

Boredom is an instrument of social control. Power is the power to impose boredom, to command stasis, to combine this stasis with…

— Saul Bellow

Without significant reform, the Social Security Administration will be legally and financially unable to pay full promised benefits within a generation.

— Ron Lewis

I have a really hard time meeting people, so I wanted to take classes to get out of my social shell. Eventually,…

— Trevor Donovan

The pupil's imagination is 'schooled' to accept service in place of value. Medical treatment is mistaken for health care, social work for…

— Ivan Illich

People mistake their love of the technology for it being a solution. Social media is the problem, not the solution, in crisis…

— Eric Dezenhall

SF is a controlled way to think and dream about the future. An integration of the mood and attitude of science (the…

— Gregory Benford

Cynicism, disillusionment, and a dispiriting sense of purposeless has cast a shadow over American society seriously draining it of any language or…

— Henry Giroux

Whatever I had read as a child about the saints had thrilled me. I could see the nobility of giving one's life…

— Dorothy Day

Technology and the Internet have created a new set of relationships. It's changed the social fabric of promotion: advertising, dating. Part of…

— Steve Miller

Pain and pleasure are transitory; endure all dualities with calmness, while trying at the same time to remove their hold. Imagination is…

— Sri Yukteswar Giri

The usage of the words "public" and "public sphere" betrays a multiplicity of concurrent meanings. Their origins go back to various historical…

— Jurgen Habermas

There cannot be an animal body without a territorial body: three bodies are grafted over each other: the territorial body - the…

— Paul Virilio

Habit 7 is taking the time to sharpen the saw. By renewing the four dimensions of your nature - physical, spiritual, mental…

— Stephen Covey

I like Christianity. I'm a fan of Jesus and his whole philosophy but not the social teaching aspects of it, of course.

— Sally Rooney

In social media, people cannot build big followings organically unless what they are putting out to the world has value.

— Barry Ritholtz

If crimes are committed they must be seen as a disease, and punishment as treatment rather than as social vengeance.

— Daniel Guerin

No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.

— Edward Sapir

No one was elected to Congress because he or she promised to cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.

— James P. Hoffa

Without food, man at most can live but a few weeks; without it all other components of social justice are meaningless.

— Norman Borlaug

If you like someone, tell them. Or stalk them on every single social network and cry yourself to sleep every night. It's…

— Celeste Hartman

Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.

— Martha Beck

“Social media has allowed anyone with an extreme view to find like-minded supporters.”

— Michael Leese

LinkedIn and Flickr, among other sites, have already proven freemium can generate revenue in the social media context.

— Ryan Holmes

I was always a bit of a loose cannon, then again I was always the artistic one: bit of a social misfit.…

— Brian Molko

There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals.

— Winona LaDuke

I was a bit of a loner as a teenager. I never went to a single social event, because they terrified me.

— Mia Wasikowska

Social media is the future, with employers recognizing they need to start hiring people with the right skills.

— Ryan Holmes

All we have to do now is to inform the public that the payment of social security taxes is voluntary and watch…

— Walter E. Williams

How powerful social mores are! Only a spider's web lies across the volcano, yet it refrains from erupting.

— Karl Kraus