Quotes About Society

Although economic grievances were critical in delivering the referendum result, Brexit has fomented an all-out culture war.

If you want to know how old you look, just walk into a French cafe. It's like a public referendum on your face.

I will no longer be referred to as Miss Steinem of Ms. magazine.

Personal philanthropy must be separated from corporate philanthropy. Personal philanthropy is more about giving back to society, or giving forward, as it is now referred to.

Please, please, stop referring to yourselves as 'consumers.' OK? Consumers are different than citizens. Consumers do not have obligations, responsibilities and duties to their fellow human beings.

We should not have the president of the United States referring to segments of American society as the enemy of the people.

Pennsylvania, like every other state in our society, has to begin to adopt and refine the idea of mercy and redemption for our criminal populations.

The instinct of self-preservation in human society, acting almost subconsciously, as do all drives in the human mind, is rebelling against the constantly refined methods of annihilation and against the destruction of humanity.

Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.

The PC way of handling culture has been to not talk about it. But we should be talking about it.

We all know money is power. And women won't be equal with men until we are financially equal with men. Getting more money into the hands of women is good for women, but it's also good for their families, for the economy, and for society.

Art is feminine... Look, if you're handsome and young and beautiful, well, people are always going to say that you're gay.

White players always said to me: 'You can call me 'a white so and so,' I don't mind.' But that's because society has indoctrinated us over the past 400 years to think that that's like saying 'you handsome so and so.'

The word 'retirement' doesn't really sit well with me. There comes a time when you reach a position in society or culture where people will not let you retire. You can say, 'Alright, I'm going to hang up my guitar,' but people will still not let you retire.

'Fahrenheit 451' postulates a lot of things I didn't want to have happen.

Gay marriage acceptance is happening in the blink of an eye.

By looking into more details of American history, we can make more sense of what's happening today.

It's good to have a governing body to oversee matters in making of films, but you can't blame films for what is happening in society.

It's shameful what's happening in this country in terms of what we deny our children.

'Arnold Layne' just happens to dig dressing up in women's clothing. A lot of people do - so let's face up to reality.

Our employees chose SK on belief that they will be happier working here and that the company will make the society happier.

The technologists and entrepreneurs I know are generally good people. If they were given a choice, 'Do your job and eliminate normal jobs' or 'Do your job and create abundant opportunities,' they would choose the latter. Most of them would happily even take a small hit to do so. But this isn't a choice they're given.

Most people are happy being average. Most are happy being faceless in a sea of faces.

I'm a happy person but an angry citizen.