Quotes About Society

It's a strange thing, we think that law brings order. Law doesn't. How do we know that law does not bring order? Look around us. We live under the rule of law. Notice how much order we have?

What if culture itself is nothing but a halt, a break, a respite, in the pursuit of barbarity?

In order effectively to liberate oneself from the grip of existing social reality, one should first renounce the transgressive fantasmatic supplement that attaches us to it.

The way we, everyday people are addressed by social authority, whatever we call it -- it's no longer telling us "sacrifice your life" for British empire, for socialism, whatever. It?s not. It's some kind of permissive bullsh*t basically. Society is telling us, like, be true to yourself, authentic, develop your potential, be kind to others. It's kind of what I ironically call a slightly enlightened Buddhist hedonism.

What Americans don't want to admit ... is that not only is there not a contradiction between state regulation and freedom, but in order for us to actually be free in our social interactions, there must be an extremely elaborated network of health, law, institutions, moral rules and so on.

In the end, I suspect, being female will do nothing for Sheba, except deny her the grandeur of genuine villainy.

Krivi smo ?im se rodimo, svakim svojim postupkom labavimo uže koje ?e otpustiti giljotinu, da nam glave padnu na slamu istorije.

Women didn't have the luxury men did—men could take lovers as much as they liked. But women always bore the consequences, either in the form of a baby or a ruined reputation, or both. Even if none of that mattered, Ada knew herself well enough to understand that she couldn't take a man to her bed just for physical pleasure.

I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies.

Basically, there's not enough sex in movies, that's it. I'm trying to say it, people. I miss sex in movies because sex is natural, guns are not.

It can be exhausting eating a meal cooked by a man. With a woman, it's, Ho hum, pass the beans. A guy, you have to act like he just built the Taj Mahal.

Always write to change society for the better. You will go, but it will live as a treasure forever.

Always write to change society for the better. You will go, but it will live forever as a treasure.

Fear is a disease of the mind we inherit from society

Now domestication and sophistication of men by women are the norm and acceptable by society, but they are terrible for manhood.

The future of a country doesn't depend on its wealth but on its education.

True education should teach us how to think, how to see the beauty in the midst of ugliness, how to love without judging, how to find opportunity to help, and how to develop a peaceful and nonviolent society.

But computers have changed the world for everyone, so there will be some way of working it out.

the political fallout of cold, hunger, lawlessness, and despair had grown ominous.

Men often substitute anger for grief, because anger is the only emotion they're taught it's acceptable to feel.

But if you read Christie or Allingham or Sayers, the detective always got his man. And you'll notice that the detective always operated outside the system—the stories expressed a comforting belief in the validity of individual action.

Parents with the most challenging children need support. If the parents get too tired to provide nurture, children cannot do well. Parents have to go through a mental shift, recognizing that supporting people with special needs is a priority in society. It is appropriate and necessary to get support for the family when members have special needs.

Given the absurdity of antisemitic accusations, why do they gain any traction? One explanation may be that, having been embedded in society for millennia, they have gained a staying power that is hard to eradicate. Antisemitism also became a means of explaining otherwise inexplicable situations.

Like a fire set by an arsonist, passionate hatred and conspiratorial worldviews reach well beyond their intended target. They are not rationally contained. But even if the antisemites were to confine their venom to Jews, the existence of Jew-hatred within a society is an indication that something about the entire society is amiss. No healthy society harbors extensive antisemitism—or any other form of hatred.