Definitions Quote by Samuel Johnson Download Open image “The majority of a society is the true definition of the public.” — Samuel Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Definitions Majority
A society - any society - is defined as a set of mutual benefits and duties embodied most visibly in public institutions: public schools,… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
The only legitimate interpretation of the concept of the "public" is that it's a highly heterogeneous group of people, and I cannot imagine who… — Wang Jianwei Copy Share Image
Public opinion is the atmosphere of society, without which the forces of the individual would collapse, and all the institutions of society fly into… — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
Society is a kind of parent to its members. If it, and they, are to thrive, its values must be clear, coherent and generally… — Milton Sapirstein Copy Share Image
Society in its full sense . . . is never an entity separable from the individuals who compose it. — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of the whole can be… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There is such a thing as society. It's just not the same thing as the state. — David Cameron Copy Share Image
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
Society is, and must be, based upon appearances, and not upon the deepest appearances, and not realities. — Philip Gilbert Hamerton Copy Share Image
The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When the first Superman movie came out I was frequently asked "What is a hero?" ...My answer was that a hero is someone who… — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
The poet reminds men of their uniqueness and it is not necessary to possess the ultimate definition of this uniqueness. Even to speculate is… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues… — Larry Coryell Copy Share Image
But when you have to deal with notes, and to be able to make a full definition of what a sound is - if… — Dennis Brown Copy Share Image
The self is defined psychologically as the psychic totality of the individual. Anything that a [person] postulates as being a greater totality than [oneself]… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Before I had kids, I thought you should never lie to a kid. But now I've had them, I realize you almost lie to… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
my definition of the ideal man is 'that particular man with whom a woman happens to be in love at that particular time. — Clare Boothe Luce Copy Share Image
He emphasised basic truths: you are not dying yet, you have to live your life until you are. Underpinning them was the belief that… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
My briefest ever definition of science fiction is 'Hubris clobbered by Nemesis.' — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
Was man made stupid to see his own stupidity? Is God by definition indifferent, beyond us all? Is the eternal truth man's fighting soul… — Richard Eberhart Copy Share Image
Science manipulates things and gives up living in them. It makes its own limited models of things; operating upon these indices or variables to… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed,… — James Madison Copy Share Image