Quotes About Society

And Petersburg was left without Akakii Akakievich, as though he had never lived there.

Our ranks and estates are so irritated these days that they take personally whatever appears in printed books: such, evidently, is the mood in the air. It is enough simply to say that there is a stupid man in a certain town, and it already becomes personal; suddenly a gentleman of respectable appearance pops up and shouts: "But I, too, am a man, which means that I, too, am stupid"—in short, he instantly grasps the situation.

Créame, Paviel Ivanovich, que mientras no se abandone aquello por lo que se devoran y se matan la gente en la tierra, y mientras no se piense en el bienestar espiritual, no habrá felicidad ni bienestar en la tierra.

Unos días después de su muerte un ujier del departamento se presentó en su casa para ordenarle que se reincorporara inmediatamente a su puesto de trabajo , pues así lo exigía el jefe. Pero no pudo cumplir su misión y a la vuelta declaró que Akaki Akákievich no aparecería más por allí. «¿Por qué?», le preguntaron. «Porque ha muerto —respondió—. Hace cuatro días que lo enterraron.»

You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays.

She gave in to the pride of a society beauty, and she became determined to become the best among the worst, whose circle she was entering

You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays. The things these scribblers write!

I don't believe there is any such definition, there is no such thing as evil, only moral judgments based on what society believes to be wrong behavior.

The offender must be able to give something back. But criminals are most often poor people. They have nothing to give. The answers to this are many. It is correct that our prisons are by and large filled with poor people. We let the poor pay with the only commodity that is close to being equally distributed in society: time.

We have distant democracy, well suited to a distant penocracy, well suited to serve a large-scale society using taximeters to control the price of all acts.

Nothing is more suspicious than an unfeeling woman.

Great teachers should be paid like doctors or corporate attorneys. I worry about what will happen to our economy and our democracy if we don't start to take teachers' jobs seriously.

It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.

It is difficult, even now, for the Western mind to understand the complexities and subtleties of an Eastern-mind heart. The puzzle piece that seems to be missing is that, in Indian society, the heart and feelings are fundamental to, not separate from, life. This basic concept is the essence of their sacred prayers and scriptures.

The whole point about 'romance' is that the woman is somehow always smaller, more diminutive in a cute sort of way, while the man is adult.

This entire system functions on the assumption that women do housework for love .

The higher the building the lower the morals.

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

I don't know what London's coming to — the higher the buildings the lower the morals.

It's a sad reflection on society how many people are shocked by honesty... and how few by dishonesty.

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

Mankind is close to savagery and must live by rules. If not, we would sink into our own animal nature and perish.

At last count there were more than four hundred and twenty million guns in America (population 330,000,000). This makes America a Chekhov play, in which a gun shown in Act One must be fired in Act Two. In other words, if you think the next act of American life is going to unfold without gunfire, you're not paying attention.

Your author would also like to explain that he didn't want to put all those guns in his story, but this is a story about America. At last count there were more than four hundred and twenty million guns in America (population 330,000,000). This makes America a Chekhov play, in which a gun shown in Act One must be fired in Act Two. In other words, if you think the next act of American life is going to unfold without gunfire, you're not paying attention.