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Social Quotes by Aldous Huxley
- All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny.
- One of the many reasons for the bewildering and tragic character of human existence is the fact that social organization is at once necessary and…
- I think that fiction and, as I say, history and biography are immensely important, not only for their own sake, because they provide a picture…
- Men have always been a prey to distractions, which arethe original sins of the mind; but never before today has an attempt been made to…
- If humans were in fact the members of a truly social species, and if their individual differences were trifling and could be completely ironed out…
- You can't make flivers without steel - and you can't make tragedies without social instability. The world's stable now. People are happy; they get what…
- Human contacts have been so highly valued in the past only because reading was not a common accomplishment.... The world, you must remember, is only…
- No social stability without individual stability.
- And that," put in the Director sententiously, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue — liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims…
- To the exponents of the Perennial Philosophy, the question whether Progress is inevitable or even real is not a matter of primary importance. For them,…
- Round pegs in square holes tend to have dangerous thoughts about the social system and tend to infect others with their discontents.
More Social Quotes
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- Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been… — J. J. Abrams
- Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
- Social media is called social media for a reason. It lends itself to sharing rather than horn-tooting. — Margaret Atwood
- I was once a graduate student in Victorian literature, and I believe as the Victorian novelists did, that a novel isn't simply… — Margaret Atwood
- If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if… — Margaret Atwood
- It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it.… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child, shapes the… — Diane Ackerman
- The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his… — Ibrahim Babangida
- You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social presence in… — Amitabh Bachchan
- I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service. — Michelle Bachelet
- Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have… — Michelle Bachelet