Quotes About Society

This dark diction has become America's addiction.

In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.

I think that a society lives or dies according to its respect for - for its art.

And understand: class differences will not save you.

If I'm making fun of race or making fun of the differences of us, it's just because it's a reality of the situation of the world. And, if you can't laugh at it, that's kind of a bummer.

The U.K. and the U.S. are very different countries, and it really shows in the television.

Different cultures have different predilections for different kinds of crime.

Male filmmakers only need to tap their female selves in order to develop their female gaze as many great filmmakers have done. But why is it important to do so? Because the world has been run by aggressive males and landed itself in a fine mess.

The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation.

People really feel like music is free but will pay $6 for water. You can drink water free out of the tap, and it's good water. But they're OK paying for it.

The serious questions that are talked out or strangled with red tape are more numerous than those that are killed by silence; the number of people whose ideas are knocked on the head in societies is greater in our day than that of the solitary fighters who go under.

I graduated from high school in 1963. There were no computers, cell phones, Internet, credit cards, cassette tapes or cable TV.

Stand in my lobby at 5:30 P.M., and there is no one who gets out of the lift who is not on a gadget. No one is talking to each other. I get in the lift and say, 'Hello,' and everyone's head is down tapping on a screen.

Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target of hatred and prejudice.

You know, our sense of individuality is just the number one target of civilization.

All art is political. Yes. Even the stuff that sounds like bubble-gum songs. I think all art is, by nature, intended to motivate society for change, and the only reason change doesn't happen is because within the target population, courage is lacking.

What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic.

It is the women who get targeted because the society will point fingers at them.

Social cohesion and inclusive growth are additional crucial perspectives to incorporate into public policies, targeting a renewed social contract that reduces inequalities and benefits the whole of society.

If you don't start targeting what's feeding crime then we are going to throw good money into a bad scenario.

Targets don't fight crime.

What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.

The task of dealing comprehensively with gangs belongs to the city, not to law enforcement.

The bringing-about of order is the first and fundamental task of government. We accept limits on our rights for the sake of a larger social compact all the time.