Quotes About Society

There were things that could be planned for, but none of them involved women.

Lying on the floor, with the carved panels of the ceiling flickering dimly above, I found myself thinking that I had always heretofore assumed that the tendency of eighteenth-century ladies to swoon was due to tight stays; now I rather thought it might be due to the idiocy of eighteenth-century men.

Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it.

It's not easy for a film to tell a story of the experiences of an entire society. However, from an individual's perspective, it is possible to tell one aspect of an entire society's story.

I have always been a fan of Mahesh Manjrekar's work. I like the way he tells his stories. He manages to focus on aspects of human beings and of society, which we don't often see in cinema.

When you keep un-bundling various aspects of a social problem, you can arrive at a very basic, common space.

It's kind of cool to see the different aspects of American culture on different college communities.

I think people are learning to actually aspire to be objectified.

The American dream is under assault.

Hollywood is a whole other level of crazy. I've never met so many assistants who have assistants. It's a stratified society on its own.

Most conservative atheists I know, including myself, have a really healthy respect for the role of religion in society and this country, in particularly.

There's a difference between people being free and the atmosphere of 'freedom.'

Many times, people attack the well-to-do people. They see an opportunity.

I have never been attracted by younger men.

It's not attractive when girls get superskinny. Guys don't like it. Girls don't like you as much. You lose some happiness when that's all you think about.

Ariana Grande is very attractive.

Austerity hasn't just decimated our public services. It has corroded the political imagination.

In London, I did feel a pressure to be more avant-garde than I wanted.

I avoid the public because the English public is too aggressive these days for me.

Talking about class and identity can be as divisive as talking about race and racism.

Nobody wants to talk about divorce, especially as a woman under 30.

I think it's healthy to say, 'I'm 58 and, do you know what, this is what a 58-year-old woman looks like.'

I was going to be a doctor, but who makes it as a doctor anymore?

I think you could very much make a 'Vanity Fair' in 2018, and I think it would probably look like a documentary.