Quotes About Society

Burroughs was never really that pleased with the way popular culture and society treated his character. He tried to make a few movies of his own as a result, but they weren't very good.

Money is a public good; as such, it lends itself to private exploitation.

The whole, 'Is the internet a good thing or a bad thing'? We're done with that. It's just a thing. How to maximise its civic value, its public good - that's the really big challenge.

I don't believe that crime, danger and poverty make for good art. That's bullshit.

Though there are still many good people out there in the world, it seems that they're vastly outnumbered by the stupid, selfish, violent ones.

I feel like weed is still taboo enough to be cool but not taboo enough that you have to totally hide it, which is like a pretty good place for an entity to be at.

You can't be creative and still be a good girl.

A woman should be good for everything at home, but abroad good for nothing.

There is a mercy which is weakness, and even treason against the common good.

We need to figure how to defend higher education as a public good. If we can't do that, we're in trouble.

The good thing is, we have household formation in this country. We have a country where I don't know whether it's a million households a year or more, but good form.

We've increasingly lost that sense of community, of the notion that there is something we contribute to and benefit from that is called the common good.

You're going to find the good people and bad all around.

While I did not fancy myself a particularly good person, I never thought my first real sexual action would be prostitutional.

You hear that liberalism lacks an idea of the common good, but I think that's a mistake.

Most people are good people. But they're afraid to speak out, they're afraid for their safety and their jobs. And unfortunately that dictates a lot of their actions.

There is graciousness and a kind of urbanity in beginning with men by esteem and confidence. It proves, at least, that we have long lived in good company with others and with our selves.

If God is in fact separated from the government, then we can never possibly have a godly government. There's no way for America to be good if she's not godly.

People have always had these weird things about how you have to be really good looking to be a singer.

Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would perish.

If it is true that vice can never be done away with, the science of government consists of making it contribute to the public good.

In England right now you're not good enough until you get validated.

I don't think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother.

Countries are rarely governed by the ethical and good people.