Society Quotes · Page 149

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

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

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

— Bhumibol Adulyadej

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

— Mena Massoud

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

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

— Kate Braverman

We arrange our lives-even the best and boldest men and women that exist, just as much as the most limited-with reference to…

— Walt Whitman

I had been playing beach volleyball all day, painted my nails red, and threw on a green dress. I thought I looked…

— Charlene, Princess of Monaco

I feel like there is a real lack of empathy - not just in American society, it's definitely happening in Britain as…

— Clare-Hope Ashitey

Instead of helping a lucky few to escape disadvantage, a Labour government will aim to abolish poverty completely and create a more…

— Angela Rayner

What is invaluable about Angela Davis' work is that she does not limit her politics to issues removed from broader social considerations,…

— Henry Giroux

“You can be a person with a strong passion or holy anger and be furious in a way that will make the…

— Sunday Adelaja

“Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection. It means a state of society in which some men are forced…

— Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

In the history of postwar German writing, for the first 15 or 20 years, people avoided mentioning political persecution - the incarceration…

— W. G. Sebald

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

— Richard Stallman

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

— Mahathir Mohamad

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

— Peter F. Hamilton

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

— Steve Aylett

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

— John Zerzan

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

— Cupcakke

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

— John Irving

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

— David Harsanyi

Something in our society tells us that women's bodies are fair game for scrutiny in a way that men's simply are not.

— Nicola Coughlan

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

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up some failure on the part of the adults.”

— Karl Marlantes

In civilized society we all depend upon each other, and our happiness is very much owing to the good opinion of mankind.

— Samuel Johnson

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.

— Victor Hugo

Politicisation of terrorism for narrow gains is not good for society in general and the country in particular.

— Oscar Fernandes

“On Halloween, most people put on a mask to look scary, some only need to take theirs off.”

— Mohammed Zaki Ansari

“The unity of Nigeria will only come if we overcome and overgrow tribe, materialism and selfish human nature.”

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Other kids would be playing with their Action Man, and I was questioning life and society.

— Richard Ashcroft

“Let's us hold hands together in harmony for a peaceful co -existence for alll humankind in every nation.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

As more people live longer, we can expect there to be additional costs for society.

— Alexander De Croo

I've always felt like an outsider, whether in school or when I'm working or within the industry or just in society at…

— Andrew Haigh

“There is something immoral about abandoning your common sense in matters of social importance.”

— A.E. Samaan