Quotes of: Contemporary-society Keyword

The idea of Plato that philosophers must be the rulers and directors of society is practiced in India.

Indian Philosophy, Volume 1

Don't be surprised that I value prejudice, observe certain conventions, seek power--it's because I know I live in an empty society.

The Insulted and Humiliated

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.

The Impact of Science on Society

In societies where coolness and being cool is a top priority, the religious replace the word 'religious' with 'spiritual' to make their faiths seem less extreme.

Killosophy

...status, as in any traditional, class-conscious society, declines more slowly than wealth.

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy; those who had anything united in common terror.

Recollections on the French Revolution

All forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the person who creates good art.

Rooftop Soliloquy

The passion for seeking the truth for truth's sake...can be kept alive only if we continue to seek the truth for truth's sake.

Race And Democratic Society

Later she came to realise that under one reality there’s always another. And another one under that.

The Rabbit Back Literature Society

Are writers the torchbearers of humanity? It’s a romantic idea, but it’s complete rubbish. We writers are the crocodiles in the river.

The Rabbit Back Literature Society

- "What's wrong?" Scott asked. - "It's the way I treated Julie.Like she was the enemy. But she's not. She's the one I'm trying to save from the enemy.

The Society

...and thus he found his single source of joy in the society of other people: frightening the girls with his penis.

Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d'Art

Good humor may be said to be one of the very best articles of dress one can wear in society.

Sketches and Travels, Etc.

Hatred is the price that society extracts from its leaders for the honour, power and wealth it bestows unto them.

The Secret Red Book of Leadership

Hunger and necessity are poor teachers of morality. A society that cannot provide the basics of life does not get its laws obeyed.

Man On Fire

By the standards of magical society they’d fallen at the first hurdle: they hadn’t had the basic good sense to keep their shit to themselves.

The Magicians

She announced her age right away, for children consider their ages every bit as important as their names.

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Is this what family is like: the feeling that everyone’s connected, that with one piece missing, the whole thing’s broken?

The Mysterious Benedict Society

The good guys had to operate on a higher level than the killers--just for society to keep track of who was who.

Murder Suicide

They have provided a system which for terse comprehensiveness surpasses Justinian's Pandects and the By-laws of the Chinese Society for the Suppression of Meddling with other People's Business.

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

In a materialistic society, an employed boy is older than an unemployed man.

N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups