Quotes About Social

The people guilty of crossing the "caste line" were considered the only "impure" beings in the entire hierarchy... In India only the people "without a caste" were considered outcasts, and they were shunned even by the lowest caste, even if they had previously belonged to the highest caste; on the contrary, nobody felt humiliated by his own caste and even a sudra was as proud of and as committed to his own caste as a brahmana of the highest station was to his.

Marxism did not arise because of the existence of a real social question, but the social question arises — in countless cases — only because Marxism exists, in other words artificially, or in terms that are almost always unsolvable, because of agitators, who are notorious for 'raising class consciousness'.

Our need is not for brakes to social change... -our lack of trained manpower and capital resources, and even our climate, act too effectively already

Peace is born of hope, when hope is gone there will be social upheavals

When she smiles niggers ask her for her hand in marriage; when I smile folks check their wallets.

Only by externalization, by entering into social relationships, can we develop the interiority of our own person.

There are, as always, social and political aspects to seeing nothing as well. Pythagoras in the sixth century B.C. found it perfectly natural to count slaves as 'nothing,' . . . Slaves, like machines today, were simply taken for granted. These days, we take for granted everything from homeless people sleeping in the street to telephones and computers. We have learned to renormalize these things as part of 'nothing.' Whatever is standard becomes effectively invisible.

It never ceases to amaze me how adaptable social geometry can be. Within a couple of days I went from being the centre of the circle to an indefinite point outside its circumference.

When I'm nervous, I talk a lot. And I'm rude to people. This is ridiculous.

Robert often displayed a sense of humor. Upon seeing Karl Compton's two-year-old daughter pretending to read a small red book—which just happened to be on the topic of birth control—Robert looked over at the very pregnant Mrs. Compton and quipped, "A little late.

People thought him complicated simply because he was interested in so many things, and knew so much. But on an emotional level, "he wanted to be a simple person, simple in the good sense of the word." Robert "wanted friends very much," Cherniss said. And yet, despite his tremendous personal charm, "he didn't quite know how to make friends.

By the nature of their discipline, mathematicians invariably do their best intuitive work in their twenties or early thirties—whereas historians and other social scientists often need years of studious preparation before they became capable of genuinely creative work.

Instead of defining themselves by their biblical identity as the "Chosen People," Jews should distinguish themselves by their social concern and their deeds on behalf of the laboring classes.

The most relevant political fact about Robert Oppenheimer was that in the 1930s he was devoted to working for social and economic justice in America, and to achieve this goal he chose to stand with the left.

Online sites who allow bullying and group harassment to continue after the victim notify the site about it, will one day be held accountable for not helping end a crime. - Strong by Kailin Gow about the Consumer Websites that Should Be Socially Responsible

Striking up conversations with strangers is something like extreme sports for autistic people.

a girl can't lose her social standing if she stands level with those poised to judge her.

'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' is interesting, intriguing.

The Internet has introduced me to some of my closest friends.

Over time, we look forward to introducing new advertising experiences and business experiences on Instagram.

We remain fully committed to introducing a cap on social care costs.

I definitely am more observational of the people around me and how they interact and less introspective about myself.

I think people think I'm a extrovert but really I'm a introvert.

What is invaluable about Angela Davis' work is that she does not limit her politics to issues removed from broader social considerations, but connects every aspect of her scholarship and public interventions to what the contours of a truly democratic society might look like.