Quotes of: Contemporary-society Keyword

Either we're a team or we aren't. Either you trust me or you don't.

Heist Society

Society was the only threat to the sanctity of selfhood: an unpatroned library was an orderly library.

I Am Radar

Really high-minded people are indifferent to happiness, especially other people's.

The Impact of Science on Society

What might be considered loyalty in one society might not necessarily be the same for another.

I Am Tausi

Society is a collection of selves perpetuating their myth.

My Mastery: Learning to Live through Jiu Jitsu

Global libertarianism would be a borderless world society.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Some of us feel the need to experience life before bending to the will of an arcane society.

Vibrizzio

Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.

The Wind in the Willows

It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office.

Barbara Boxer

We need to understand that an open society and free speech and press... really are the best weapons against al Qaeda and extremism.

Elliott Abrams

It is rather a problem of how to secure the best use of resources known to any of the members of society, for ends whose relative importance only those individuals know.

Friedrich August von Hayek

The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.

Robert Frost

And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.

Thomas Paine

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.

Time Enough for Love

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.

Nelson Mandela

Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth.

Prince Charles

There is no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too reasonable.

Sam Harris

The greatest threat to religion in any society is not persecution, but rather apathy born of irrelevance.

Sherman A. Jackson

If one can know how good a city is by its smell, one should know how good a society is by the women's status.

Santosh Kalwar

Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead.

Susan Sontag