Community Quote by Del Herring Download Open image ““Society is the dynamic equilibrium of public complaint.”” — Del Herring ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Community
“We live in a culture of complaint because everyone is always looking for things to complain about. It's all tied in with the desire… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public and personal… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The Culture of Complaint... We live in a culture of complaint because everyone is always looking for things to complain about. It's all tied… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“People are complicated creatures, with a nuanced set of private and public incentives, and that our behavior is enormously influenced by circumstances.” — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“anger sweeping society expressed itself in significantly rising crime rates and everyday violence.26” — Tarek Osman Copy Share Image
“When you listen to someone complaining, you are forced to acknowledge them as a human being instead of a category. You are forced to… — Sarah Kendzior Copy Share Image
“If you are going to speak out against injustice, if you are angry at ungodliness in the society, then you have the opposing force… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
The complaints of contemporary writes, who deplore the increase of luxury and deprevation of manners, are commonly expressive of their peculiar temper and situation.… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“This is the cycle of a dynamic society. Equality is never a final state, democracy never a stable equilibrium: they are processes, they are… — Christopher Hayes Copy Share Image
“People are egalitarian by nature, and unequal societies can never function well due to resentment and dissatisfaction. But” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Too often, complaint is not about principled objection on moral grounds, but opportunistic objection on grounds of self-interest. To rectify this, we need to… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Race is the idea that a human being is more superior than another human being, race in society grants illusional rights to mistreat each… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
But we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second… — Vikram Sarabhai Copy Share Image
In the hearing world, I'm constantly having to lip-read and trying to understand what's going on. Sign language is so beautiful. It gives you… — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
The strains and stresses suffered by the individual in society are grounded in the normal functioning of that society (and of the individual!) rather… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my… — Sharon Horgan Copy Share Image
The social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection,… — Umair Haque Copy Share Image
We're at a point in history were we have to become a part of the neighborhood of inhabited planets, like a neighborhood of a… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
It rolls off my back. Ridicule doesn't mean anything - even from people you're supposed to wear knee pads around, like the scientific community. — Dwight Schultz Copy Share Image
Jeff Chu's pilgrimage across America to discover his own place as a gay man in the Christian church as well as attitudes about being… — Donna Freitas Copy Share Image
I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Human life consists of doing certain things ... to take part in the life of the community; to be able to talk about subjects… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image