Quotes About Society

If you go back, 'The Great Gatsby' would be a portrait of the rich and fortune made by business.

Hollywood and film portray who we are as a people and what we value as a culture.

I would love to continue to tell stories that are constructive to our society; I would love to continue to portray characters that are people who have been oppressed in our world.

One doesn't necessarily have to be grey-haired to portray a mother.

How long will we show birds and bees in love scenes? The world has moved on and we should portray intimate scenes realistically.

We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free - if we were, we'd allow people their freedom.

I've portrayed cops as heroes for far too long, I think.

We shouldn't expect women to have it all and manage it all and I certainly don't want to be portrayed in that way - I think it's a very negative message to send women.

Morality is the least of my concerns. To me, morality in a society that - however moral its pose - is hierarchically organized is simply a lie, an alibi for the inequalities that exist in society.

Mexican immigration poses challenges to our policies and to our identity in a way nothing else has in the past.

RoboCop the first movie was fantastic. But even if there was no movie, the concept of RoboCop is brilliant, first because it lends itself to a lot of social criticism, but also because it poses a question, 'When do you lose your humanity?'

I don't go to royal parties or play polo on horseback. No, I don't hang out with the posh crowd, if that makes sense.

I don't think I met anyone posh until I went to London.

I don't think old posh is as intimidating as new posh, is it?

I do speak well as I went to a posh school. But I come from no real breeding.

The Democratic position seems to be everything is going to be free. Free education. Free health care. Free housing. Free love. Free kittens, I don't know.

A high-powered, successful woman doesn't necessarily have the same support behind her that a man in that position would. Plus, she's expected to be a domestic goddess, as well as the best wife, mother, friend, and lover. But it's not just in politics: you see it in acting, too, and in journalism.

If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society.

When people understand that they are constantly monitored, they are more conformist - they are less willing to take up controversial positions - and that kind of mass conformity is incompatible with democracy.

My time as an MP has made me more aware of the power dynamics that exist in society: between men and women, between people of different backgrounds and ethnicities, between those in positions of power and those with very little of it.

Women of worth are those who want positive change for themselves, their families, community or society, which I think is important. For me, a woman of worth is someone who has self -espect, who believes that she can change things in society.

I think sometimes in life we want to ignore the problems of society and just think about the good. I believe in positive thinking and affirmative living, I also think it's really important to remember all of our disenfranchised members of society.

Positive thinking is so firmly enshrined in our culture that knocking it is a little like attacking motherhood or apple pie.

The ferment and viability in any society is directly proportionate to the number of people actively living their ideas. This is not positive thinking - it is positive action: the spirit of experiment.