Quotes About Society

When pop culture can influence things in any way, when a song becomes something bigger than just a song, that's the greatest thing to me.

In the '60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about the civil rights movement, the women's rights movement, the antiwar movement. It wasn't just Bob Dylan, it was everybody at the time.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

As soon as I go out into the world, I belong, in a way, to everyone else. It's legal to follow me. It's legal to stalk me at the beach. And I can't call the police or ask them to leave.

Civilization is going down the drain, and the sooner it does, the better.

The sooner I can move away from doing posh English, the better, even though that's what I am.

We know that, sooner or later, reckless government actions and policies have consequences. That when government corrupts the truth and breaks faith with the American people, the entire fabric of our society - everything we believe in and count on - is in jeopardy.

Professional societies are sooner or later fractured by the ego of their leaders. Everyone wants to be president, chairman, CEO; no one wants to be a mere follower.

Sooner or later they are going to live in a New York City where gay marriage is not only legal, but it's common and they don't even notice.

In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature.

In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.

The coverage of Islam in the media is becoming more sophisticated, and there is more access to knowledge.

Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't.

It might be hard to remember this far back, but once upon a time, some of us hoped that public TV would develop into a smart, sophisticated, civilized alternative to commercial TV - not a cheap imitation of it.

Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it.

Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements.

I feel like we were the last generation, and there's this big divide before and after the 1990s. I feel sorry for the kids today. It's all too much.

In Moscow, if you have money, you're king. If you don't - sorry, man, get lost. I mean, it's like this everywhere. But in Moscow, it's much more hard-core.

If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believe that's America.

I'm sorry, I just don't want to be a part of this conspiracy to make women feel pressured about their bodies.

I'm sorry - you know, culture is elitist. Culture has to be elitist: it's about seeing and knowing and about knowledge.

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.