Society Quotes · Page 136

If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema.

— Kajol

When you have a highly divided society, it's hard to come together to make investments in the common good.

— Joseph Stiglitz

If we created a society based on love, it would be a society without exploitation.

— Boots Riley

You can shoot the tiger, or stay out of his way, but you cannot pronounce him a vegetarian.

— Richard Mitchell

Any entrepreneur worth their salt knows that their brand is worthless if it doesn't somehow contribute to society or the overall good…

— Lynda Resnick

I think if I hadn't been born in a pit village I'd have been part of a dramatic society.

— Dennis Skinner

We're involved in a society which is undergoing some really weird changes now.

— Jerry Garcia

Islamic extremism is the prime enemy of civil society and social peace, both in Italy and in Israel.

— Matteo Salvini

Out of the suffering of the 1930s, Britain built a civilising society, based in large part on the important lesson that unemployment…

— John McDonnell

It's easy to say, 'I'm anti-capitalist,' or, 'I'm anti-Western decadence,' without having to be challenged about what that actually means, or how…

— Theodore Zeldin

We have ourselves begun to put our house in order by banning some experiments that may contain a risk for mankind. We…

— Renato Dulbecco

Our desire for interconnectedness, our desire to be seen, our desire to be acknowledged, our desire to be liked - these are…

— Weyes Blood

“A poet is a blind optimist. The world is against him for many reasons. But the poet persists. He believes that he…

— Jack Kerouac

“She [Mme des Laumes] belonged to that half of the human race in whom the curiosity the other half feels about the…

— Marcel Proust

We establish no religion in this country, nor will we ever. But we poison our society when we remove its theological underpinnings.…

— Jeff Miller

Socially we are woven into the fabric of society, where every man is like one thread in a piece of cloth. No…

— Henry Ward Beecher

The United Nations exists not merely to preserve the peace but also to make change - even radical change - possible without…

— Ralph Bunche

“But imagine,” said Mars, “being a comet. I want you to imagine a divine force in someone that pushes them through the…

— Karl Kristian Flores

“So many ruins bear witness to good intentions which went astray, good intentions unenlightened by any glimmer of wisdom. To bring religion…

— Charles Le Gai Eaton

I think we're creating a situation that's incredibly dangerous. There's a lot of chat at the moment about the war on terror…

— Emma Thompson

Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things…

— Will Durant

Some ministers are fond of talking about a return to Victorian values. We must realise that those Victorian values are being expressed…

— Charles Kennedy

“What about the contacts your mum had?” his dad asked. “I rang and spoke to four very polite computers who gave me…

— Melina Marchetta

“More sports for everyone, group spirit, fun, and you don't have to think, eh? Organize and organize and superorganize super-super sports. More…

— Ray Bradbury

Life is tough, but you must be tougher. The more you care, the more you have to lose, don't let society define…

— Anonymous

“A society that does not make room for imperfection can never be a happy society.”

— Devdutt Pattanaik

Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.

— Helen Caldicott

A civilised society ought to make ample provision for everyone, no matter their background, to enjoy the arts and culture.

— Munira Mirza

What is education but a conditioning of the mind to a society and a way of life.

— Louis L'Amour

Our society needs good women. We need good mothers. And we need good families.

— Brett Cooper

Society is now less convinced of the absolute accuracy of the criminal justice system.

— Tom Price

I just try to fit into society the best I can. Be unobtrusive, be smooth. I don't want to hurt anybody, or…

— Frank Sinatra Jr

People who refuse to integrate into our society and want to live apart in their ghetto don't make our society strong.

— Maxime Bernier

“Once upon a time, Freedom and Necessity were identical; but now what is understood by freedom is in fact indiscipline.”

— Oswald Spengler

Society is held together by duct tape and a lot of these fragile mechanisms are starting to break down. I have found…

— Tim Dillon

You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.

— Art Buchwald

It is one of the triumphs of modern society that the life of the average person with Down Syndrome has become strikingly…

— Tucker Carlson

Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.

— Emile M. Cioran

“As soon as you say it about a record, you're like some little zombie in a funny dungeon.”

— Lorde

Society highly values its normal man. It educates children to lose themselves and to become absurd, and thus to be normal.

— R. D. Laing