Quotes About Society

All non-hot girls are jealous of the hot ones.

Corruption is worse than terrorism. Terrorists blow up existing infrastructure such as roads, airports and power plants. Corruption prevents such infrastructure from being created in the first place. Terrorists take innocent lives. Corrupt politicians prevent hospitals from being built, which means that innocent lives

There are call centres, credit card sales. Be open-minded and things work out.' 'Finish engineering and join a call centre?' 'Dude, don't be so shocked. We, like millions of other students, are the losers in the Great Indian Education Race. Be happy with whatever you get.

Collective responsibility, a sense of the greater good versus just one's own good, and a strong set of collective values are imperative for improving society. These are the aims of all these pieces about our society.

Everyone still tries to cut a deal for themselves while the nation goes to hell. Anyway

Just as people gather on the road to see a fistfight, India gathers at night to watch TV debates.

While airports are particularly good places to hunt for Indian stupidity, many other Indian processes are retarded too.

Fighting corruption is not restricted to naming and shaming a few corrupt officials. If we think it is okay to cheat in exams, lie to a ticket collector in the train about our kids' ages and pay a bit of money to avoid a big traffic fine, then at some level we clearly don't care about eliminating corruption all that much. At best, we hate the politician who gets to steal (while we don't!).

A healthy society leads to lower healthcare costs, improved productivity at work and a better quality of life for citizens. Food is a big part of public health. About time we knew what we are putting in our mouths.

it is a lack of values within us, and not just a few bad guys at the top, that has turned India corrupt.

For any lasting change to happen in the country, society has to change in terms of its behaviour, attitudes and values. It is easy, even fun, to blame politicians for every wrong in the nation. However, politicians only reflect what society thinks.

our politicians are not ethical because we aren't ethical.

Tax evasion, dubious accounting and shady friendships are almost seen as natural behaviour for an Indian businessman. We don't see them as crimes.

Until we, as a society, really feel that graft, unethical behaviour and nepotism are huge problems, and start to truly care about all of them, politicians will not change.

considering this is a country where in-laws burn brides, they did seem like nice people. More

The system we have, in which there are a few kings and lots of common people, cannot generate wealth. It

Everyone still tries to cut a deal for themselves while the nation goes to hell.

Gujarat is the only state in India where people tend to respect you more if you have a business than if you are in service.

The world maddens some, and brutifies others.

If you camp out at the store for a TV, you are a good consumer. If you camp out for social justice, you're a dirty hippie and will be pepper-sprayed.

You just can't escape it. This country is full of people who want to make their noise and, worse, make you listen.

Junk mail, junk food, our society is full of junk living, period.

Some people have become as processed as the food.

We have an abundance of "statistics of crime," but no statistics of virtue.