Society Quotes

Remember, social progress only happens when those in society's privileged classes choose to give up their status.

RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.

I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.

I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence - I find that offensive. I think that's potentially damaging to society.

Instead of having to be a member of the Royal Society to do science, the way you had to be in England in the 17th, 18th, centuries today pretty much anybody who wants to do it can, and the information that they need to do it is there.

Right action tends to be defined in terms of general individual rights and standards that have been critically examined and agreed upon by the whole society.

I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there are going to be no rewards for them, if they stay.

One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.

As society evolves, people are interested in a new take on an old beloved story.

What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!

I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it.

My parents were really, really cool about supporting what I wanted to do at a really young age. I think I was about 10 when I caught the bug. They would drive me down to New York if there were auditions. When I was 12, I did this show on Broadway called 'High Society,' so we moved to New York for the run of that.

Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead.

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if we believe that the human being should be at the centre of society and the rights of every human being should be respected.

The Times has much less power than you think. I believe we attribute power to the media generally that it simply doesn't have. It's very convenient to blame the media, the same way we blame television for everything that's going wrong in society.

America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society.

The emphasis on the birth of Christ tends to polarize our pluralistic society and create legal and ethnic belligerence.

People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might see the falsity of the fabric of the society we live in.

A society of 'children first' is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.

No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment.

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.

All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.

The concept of the "good ol' days" must be one of our society's biggest delusions, top reasons for depression, as well as most often used excuse for lack of success.

Economic progress, in capitalist society, means turmoil.

Ideology... is indispensable in any society if men are to be formed, transformed and equipped to respond to the demands of their conditions of existence.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

The townspeople outside the reservations had a very superior attitude toward Indians, which was kind of funny, because they weren't very wealthy; they were on the fringes of society themselves.

At the heart of these challenges lies the question of how the institutions of the European Union make laws, the types of laws they pass and the effectiveness with which those laws are implemented on civil society and the economy.

I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.