Taxpayer dollars should not be used as a reward for contractor executives, especially when other segments of society are hurting.
The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.
Inspiration, in its rich variety, must be present in any discussion about Africa. We need role models - they are essential to the advancement of our society.
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
I was brought up with a very strong sense of what can happen if your society starts to chip away at the small victories women have won for themselves.
The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.
I could never be a country person, sitting around trees trying to write a song. I would rather be in the middle of society, whether it's growing or crumbling.
The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that's hip or whatever. To be a part of something that's not society, just a clique.
In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.
Ours is an open and accepting society, and has historically provided an avenue for lawful immigration to all those willing to accept the responsibilities of citizenship.
I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way.
A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is viewed somewhere between disappointment and pathology.
We're trying to run a 21st century society and economy with 19th century Darwinian, competitive, crude ideas.
I think most couples drift apart because of comparisons. Unfortunately, in our society a perfect match is when the man is more successful than the woman.
I cannot believe there is caste system in society; I cannot believe people are judged on the basis of their prosperity.
The destiny of the woman must be shaped to a large extent on her own conception of her spiritual imperative and her place in society.
For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.
The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff.
It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society.
I think every artist should follow their vision, their hearts is what they need to reveal, not something that society is looking out for.
I really do think the things that make our society what it is are under threat. It should be about everyone having the potential to be what they're going to be.
