Quotes About Society

One of the things that makes me horrified about a Trump administration is the continued use of code words like 'law and order.'

It is in many circumstances a troubling thing to belong to the advanced class of a backward nation. One surrenders coherence and begins a difficult process of choice which ends, often, in an eclectic idiosyncrasy.

I was very much a child of the Cold War.

The economy is a collection of emotions.

At a collective level, learning is an essential link in our society.

The collective memory of America is short.

The cost of Colonel Gaddafi's rule on Libyan society is incalculable.

Outside books, we avoid colorful characters.

I can only say that sometimes skin colour does make a difference.

Colour is not the issue in America; class is.

When I grew up, my race was not a thing. My identity was in my class. It was not about colour on my estate.

I know there are girls of colour out there who have felt the same as me. We have a massive problem with racism, which is built into our society.

I think a lot of people, when they don't quite fit in in the world, use humor to combat that and to find their place in society.

Comedians are always narrating the story of the people. Always.

There used to be an art form called the 'comedy of manners.' Why aren't comedies of manners made now in this country? The answer is simple. We no longer have manners to speak of.

The day people stop watching sex comedies, makers will stop making them.

Comfort came in with the middle classes.

I feel 'The Street' is a really accurate comment on the relationships between people.

I wouldn't want to be the guy who went out and won a championship in a horrible year but never made a comment on the issues that we are dealing with in our society.

I'm interested in social commentary.

Comedians play off of social commentary.

I think art always comments on the time and place it was created.

No one comments if they think a man has lost weight or if they think he needs to eat more.

London theatre is different: it is a commercial theatre that brings the whole of society into one place. And Shakespeare grasped, better than anyone else, what it means to engage the entire audience.