Quotes About Society

In both Russia and the U.S., there are a very small number of very, very rich people, and then there are a lot of people who don't have anything. The less inequality you have in a society, the more social peace you have. It's kind of a no-brainer.

Sure, immigrants will do work that no-one else will do. There was even a movie about it - 'A Day Without Mexicans.'

Nobody knows what anticipation is anymore. Everything is so immediate.

Nobody believes in completely unadulterated capitalism.

Noir has always shown that greed and chaos are as close as the company we work for or the politicians we vote for.

There's no question that there is more anti-religion noise in Britain.

We like non-fiction because we live in fictitious times.

In New York City, everyone is an exile, none more so than the Americans.

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

If you're reading a novel that was written in 1964, you'll find out more about 1964 than if you're reading a nonfiction book written in 1964 because you're hearing how language was actually used and hearing what people's actual concerns were at the beginning of the 1960s.

Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.

Football makes nonsense of class. It may make nonsense of colour in some circumstances.

It used to be when you eat, you eat with people. But instant noodles are so instant that people eat by themselves. And it's a very convenient way of eating but also a very lonely way of eating.

Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell.

I'm neither a millennial nor a hipster.

That's like making fun of a maniac because his brain isn't completely right, because he isn't in the norm.

In this post-industrial society, when we're moving away from what was the norm, we have to deal with what it has left in its wake in terms of the impact on people and the environment.

I think cyberbullying someone who states their opinion, especially a woman, is sadly a norm these days, and it happens daily to not just stars/actors. We have to consistently condemn and shun it so that it never gets the power it doesn't deserve to have over the society.

I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception.

Who in the world wants to run a country where the new norm is one where there are no jobs?

We know taking care of an infant isn't just women's work - so why should maternity leave be the norm when paternity leave is the exception? There's no question that taking care of and bonding with a new baby is just as important and meaningful for dads as it is for moms.

My biggest concern for the country is that many kids are now just looking at their parents who've lived on benefit and think that's the norm. It's so sad.

Normal is the average of deviance.

The whole idea that what is not normal should be kept secret - that's really distasteful to me.