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Society Quotes

If you are trying to transform a brutalized society into one where people can live in dignity and hope, you begin with the empowering of the most powerless. You build from the ground up Picture Quote #1

What renders man an imaginative and moral being is that in society he gives new aims to his life which could not have existed in solitude: The aims of friendship, religion, science, and art Picture Quote #1

We laughed at the same things, and we liked the same things. What more is needed for agreeable society? Picture Quote #1

A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace Picture Quote #1

America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society Picture Quote #1

A great society is a society in which its men of business think greatly of their functions Picture Quote #1

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In every civilized society there is found a race of men who retain the instincts of the aboriginal cannibal and live upon their fellow men as a natural food Picture Quote #1

Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants to wipe out religion Picture Quote #1

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute Picture Quote #1

As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means Picture Quote #1

Society comprises two classes: those who have more food than appetite, and those who have more appetite than food Picture Quote #1

I think I should not go far wrong if I asserted that the amount of genuine leisure available in a society is generally in inverse proportion to the amount of labor saving machinery it employs Picture Quote #1

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It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive Picture Quote #1

I started out in engineering. I was a geophysical engineer. Throughout the course of my life I've done a lot of strange jobs, and the effect has been to make me think a little more skeptically about our capitalist society Picture Quote #1

The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create Picture Quote #1

Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment Picture Quote #1

I want to help middle school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors Picture Quote #1

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a God Picture Quote #1

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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology Picture Quote #1

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking Picture Quote #1

We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact, too often we tell them it's dirty and dangerous Picture Quote #1

Oh, I love London society! It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just what society should be Picture Quote #1

To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people Picture Quote #1

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society Picture Quote #1

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The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body Picture Quote #1

Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order Picture Quote #1

Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue Picture Quote #1

The family feuds or the village feuds often had to do with an idea of honor. Perhaps it was a peasant idea; perhaps this idea of honor is especially important to a society without recourse to law or without confidence in law Picture Quote #1

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society Picture Quote #1

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society Picture Quote #1

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If you are trying to transform a brutalized society into one where people can live in dignity and hope, you begin with the empowering of the most powerless. You build from the ground up (Society Quotes) What renders man an imaginative and moral being is that in society he gives new aims to his life which could not have existed in solitude: The aims of friendship, religion, science, and art (Society Quotes) We laughed at the same things, and we liked the same things. What more is needed for agreeable society? (Society Quotes) A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace (Society Quotes) America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society (Society Quotes) A great society is a society in which its men of business think greatly of their functions (Society Quotes) In every civilized society there is found a race of men who retain the instincts of the aboriginal cannibal and live upon their fellow men as a natural food (Society Quotes) Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants to wipe out religion (Society Quotes) Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute (Society Quotes) As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means (Society Quotes) Society comprises two classes: those who have more food than appetite, and those who have more appetite than food (Society Quotes) I think I should not go far wrong if I asserted that the amount of genuine leisure available in a society is generally in inverse proportion to the amount of labor saving machinery it employs (Society Quotes) It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive (Society Quotes) I started out in engineering. I was a geophysical engineer. Throughout the course of my life I've done a lot of strange jobs, and the effect has been to make me think a little more skeptically about our capitalist society (Society Quotes) The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create (Society Quotes) Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment (Society Quotes) I want to help middle school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors (Society Quotes) He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a God (Society Quotes) We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology (Society Quotes) Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking (Society Quotes) We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact, too often we tell them it's dirty and dangerous (Society Quotes) Oh, I love London society! It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just what society should be (Society Quotes) To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people (Society Quotes) Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society (Society Quotes) The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body (Society Quotes) Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order (Society Quotes) Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue (Society Quotes) The family feuds or the village feuds often had to do with an idea of honor. Perhaps it was a peasant idea; perhaps this idea of honor is especially important to a society without recourse to law or without confidence in law (Society Quotes) To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society (Society Quotes) The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society (Society Quotes)

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