Quotes of: Contemporary-society Keyword

I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.

Abdallah II of Jordan

I think in society we tend to put ourselves in boxes and corners and restrict ourselves, and we constantly feel the need to not say this or not wear this.

Aubrey O'Day

It is better, as far as getting the vote is concerned, I believe, to have a small, united group than an immense debating society.

Alice Paul

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.

Antoine Rivarol

Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.

Ayn Rand

My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.

Anna Deavere Smith

But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security.

Arlen Specter

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.

Alexis de Tocqueville

There is no Constitutional right to prey on others. The Internet is just a piece of technology, like the telephone. Society has the right to modify its uses.

Andrew Vachss

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account.

Alice Walker

I think that society has to be careful not to shift all of its resources to the elderly versus the young.

Bill Gates

Regardless of what society says, we can't go on much longer in the sea of immorality without judgment coming.

Billy Graham

The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality.

Benjamin Jowett

Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.

Barbara Kingsolver

We still have tremendous work ahead of us to ensure that women have equal opportunities in the workplace and in our society.

Blanche Lincoln

You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses.

Bruce Springsteen

I think our Western society is very much about, 'Tuck your head in; make sure you're safe. Don't rock the boat.'

Cate Blanchett

Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society.

Clint Eastwood

If my wisdom could get support from officials, I think society would move forward 20 years.

Chen Guangbiao

Society mends its wounds. And that's invariably true in all the tragedies, in the comedies as well. And certainly in the histories.

Charlton Heston

There were people who said the Society of Cincinnati in the American revolution, of which George Washington was one of the shining lights, was a branch of the Illuminati.

Carroll Quigley