Quotes About Society

I, personally, do not consider myself to be some kind of Holy Mary of feminism.

I personally don't have a problem with naked bodies on television.

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

Because of the feminist perspective, we have gotten a view of the world that is distorted.

I try to persuade people to act in ways that are not only in their own interest, but in the interest of society at large.

We rich people have been falsely persuaded by our schooling and the affirmation of society, and have convinced ourselves, that we are the main job creators. It's simply not true.

I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.

Race impacts 90 percent of our society - and I'm probably undershooting that figure. I find this fascinating and like to address it when pertinent.

We have an institutional problem with pervasive racism.

I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live.

In the current climate, we live in a pessimistic and non-idealistic world.

The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.

I remember 'the me generation,' which people thought was sort of a passing phase. But it seems to become a way of life now, and when me is at the center of everything, I don't think that you need to go out of yourself and ask God to save your soul or anything along those lines.

It is not only in Meerut but entire U.P. where caste equation has phenomenal influence on politics.

We, in Prince Edward Island, are fully familiar with this modern phenomenon.

All share complicity in the destruction of that much under-rated phenomenon called liberty.

For most of human history, there was a ruling class and then there was everybody else. If you were part of everybody else, it wasn't your job to imagine a different future, different ways of doing things. So, imagination is a fairly modern phenomenon.

I wanted to write a book about poverty that wasn't only about the poor. I was looking for some sort of narrative device, a phenomenon that would allow me to draw in a lot of different players. I was like, 'Shoot, eviction does that.'

'The Philadelphia Story' is one of my favorite movies.

It's hard to be a good philanthropist in China.

Major forces that have contributed to the evolution of philanthropy in India in the pre-modern era have mainly been driven by religion, family, and society. The Hindu teaching of 'daan' or 'giving' is present in different ways in almost every celebration or ritual.

At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished.

What role can such philanthropy play in a society like ours? For one, philanthropic capital can go where markets will not go and where states often cannot go.

Indian philanthropy doesn't take enough risk.