“Soon after I began working for the Professor, I realized that he talked about numbers whenever he was unsure of what to… — Yoko Ogawa Copy Share Image
I guess as far as leftists are concerned, the United States can't qualify as a 'cultured society' simply because we've actually created… — Steven Crowder Copy Share Image
Nobody does animation better than Disney; it's just that some of us wanted out of the box. Burton was one. I was… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
The ancient superficial idea of the uniform and progressive growth of the human personality has remained unaltered, and the erroneous belief has… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
The nineteenth century planted the words which the twentieth century ripened into the atrocities of Stalin and Hitler. There is hardly an… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Home, home -- a few small rooms, stiflingly over-inhabited by a man, by a periodically teeming woman, by a rabble of boys… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
A high culture is the self-consciousness of a society. It contains the works of art, literature, scholarship and philosophy that establish a… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
At KPMG, we are intentional about leading with inclusion because we believe it strengthens our ability to make a tangible difference for… — Lynne Doughtie Copy Share Image
Our job as artists is to reflect the ills of society sometimes and to find a truth in that, and I think… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Copy Share Image
Yes, climate change is an existential threat, but there's also kind of this existential issue of why is it that as our… — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
In 'The Transparent Society,' I am actually no radical. I accept that some secrecy is necessary and avow that human beings have… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Women leading big corporations or assuming various important social and political roles is still considered newsworthy, which clearly shows the need to… — Guler Sabanci Copy Share Image
If experience teaches anything, it is that what the community undertakes to do is usually done badly. This is due in part… — Suzanne La Follette Copy Share Image
“What now strikes as remarkable about the new moneyed class of the nineteenth century is their complete irresponsibility;they see everything in terms… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Life in society requires consensus as an indispensable condition. But consensus, to be productive, requires that each individual contribute independently out of… — Solomon E. Asch Copy Share Image
I majored in extracurriculars, honestly. I joined the Harvard Stand Up Comedy Society, which is a ragtag band of misfits. I wrote… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Growing up, it was uncool to admit that your family had any money. And then, instantly, money was cool. In Reagan's parlance,… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I'm a take-no-prisoners type of comic, and I'm lucky because my fans get me and never have a problem with the politically… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
Society and government at all levels - the state level, the local level and, of course, the federal level - really needs… — Chris Smith Copy Share Image
We hear many persuasive voices demanding freedom from restrictions, particularly from moral restraints. However, we learn from the history of the earth… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Once the Xerox copier was invented, private diplomacy died. There's no such thing as secrecy. It's just a question of whether it's… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
You don't need to be a fan of wars or militarism to note that heroic action - whether being prepared to be… — Claire Fox Copy Share Image
No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
We have to take our democracy back. We cannot leave it to Facebook or Snapchat or anyone else. We have to take… — Margrethe Vestager Copy Share Image
I am in politics to defend ideas, real conservative ideas. Because I passionately care about Canada's future. Because I know that the… — Maxime Bernier Copy Share Image
“We grow up in a belief system according to which children should always make their parents proud and happy (instead of making… — Lukasz Laniecki Copy Share Image
As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
Society's dark hull drifts further and further away. It is this place - the place of our separation, our distinction - that… — Tomas Transtromer Copy Share Image
Popular Monster' is the voice inside my head, hoping you will listen. It's the story of a hero that's been falsely accused… — Ronnie Radke Copy Share Image
Democracy is not just a question of having a vote. It consists of strengthening each citizen's possibility and capacity to participate in… — Fernando Henrique Cardoso Copy Share Image
I love Obama. And Michelle. I was so grateful for them. They were such stunning people. We were lucky to have them.… — Mellody Hobson Copy Share Image
I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in… — K. D. Lang Copy Share Image
“When all you have to face life situations with the attitude forced on to you by society traditions, you will then regret… — Sameh Elsayed Copy Share Image
The thing that's gotten me everywhere in my standup is talking about my family. I started doing it back in high school.… — Jim Breuer Copy Share Image
While the World Bank is an inter-governmental institution, drawing its funds from member governments and run by a board of directors nominated… — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
“Your traditional EDUCATION is not going to CHANGE your life but the life you are experiencing that can change you. Choose a… — Rashedur Ryan Rahman Copy Share Image
Changes to parliamentary procedure won't transform the lives of the people whom I represent. Decentralising, devolving decision-making and renewing civil society will. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
As our society tips toward one based on data, our collective decisions around how that data can be used will determine what… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
