Quotes About Society

It's not just that,' she said, trying to explain in a way he would understand. 'My life - any lady's life - is made up of morning calls, and musicales, and balls. I would be thrown out of society. No one would receive me or send invitations. That's what it means to be ruined.

Why are girls so mean to each other?

Living up to basic ethical standards in the classroom-discipline, tolerance, honesty-is one of the most important ways children learn how to function in society at large.

La nostra bomba è il fiore, ossia la espressione naturale della nostra società contemporanea, così come i dialoghi di Platone lo sono della città greca; il Colosseo, dei Romani imperiali; le Madonne di Raf­faello, dell'Umanesimo italiano; le gondole, della nobiltà veneziana; la tarantella, di certe popolazioni rustiche meridionali; e i campi di sterminio, della cultura piccolo-borghese burocratica già infetta da una rabbia di suicidio atomico.

Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.

WOMEN, SEXUAL ROLES AND CHILDREN There is much evidence that women held their own in Viking society, even though men had the upper hand. Many exercised independent authority and were respected as members of their own social class, and their status may have improved during the Viking Age, since men were often away on long military expeditions or trading voyages, leaving the women in charge of everything at home.

In pagan times women were buried with accoutrements that reflected the female role in society. Instead of the tools, weapons and hunting dogs that accompanied men, women took household utensils, implements for needlework, spinning and weaving, jewellery and lapdogs with them on their journey to the next life.

The sexual roles were so deeply rooted among the warrior aristocracy that the two sexes had different realms for the dead in pagan times (cf. p. 156).

It is likely that the woman normally brought a dowry and that the man contributed a certain sum, and that both were the personal property of the woman in the marriage.

Those who broke the codes lost their honour – their good name – and forfeited their place in society. Loyalty was expected towards the family and those with whom one was in fellowship (félag), between a lord and his men, between friends, and between the master and mistress of a household and their servants.

Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect for human rights, and a free market economy.

That was just the mindset of the times: that happiness was somehow less important than keeping up appearances.

It seems insane now that no one even raised an eyebrow, when you consider what I was wearing and doing onstage, but it was a different world then.

the mindset of the times: that happiness was somehow less important than keeping up appearances.

AIDS might as well stand for "Appalling Indifference to the Disenfranchised in Society.

Science cannot stop while ethics catches up -- and nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country.

Una cola que a veces da la vuelta a la esquina y que los neoyorquinos guardan con disciplina porque es un país obsesionado con las colas, no sólo con respetarlas sino por situarse, como en el colegio, unos detrás de los otros, sin tonterías.

Was it a millionaire who said, "Imagine no possessions"?

Was it a millionaire who said "imagine no possessions?" A poor little schoolboy who said "we don't need no lessons?

Man, I was tame compared to what they do now, are you kidding ? All that I ever did was just jiggle.

The world feeds us a steady diet of it's-okay-if-you-are-a-nice-person sprinkled with a bit of if-you-try-your-hardest and topped with a strong drink of you-meant-well.

Whenever a society, church, movement, family, or individual loses sight of the centrality of the gospel of grace, a different religion will always fill the void. Something will hold the gravitational center; there will always be a polestar around which we will orbit.

Given the conflicting messages we receive about what it takes to be "good enough," it's not surprising that Christians are as plagued by depression and anxiety as the general population.

Old people or Adults are meant to hand over the mantle of leadership to the youths. Then, the youths to the children. Whereas, the children are meant to hand over directly to the posterity (all future generations ahead). Now that implies, children are strategically located with regard to continuity of every society or country. Thus, never take the children for granted. Rather, do appreciate or value them. In other words, take care of them as much as you can. -Emeasoba George