Quotes About Society

The central task for a business is to make a profit. The challenge is to make a profit by doing things which are genuinely good for people and good for societies.

Many people believe that determining who is 'black' is rather easy, a task simplified by the administration of the one-drop rule. Under the one-drop rule, any discernible African ancestry stamps a person as 'black.'

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.

The woman power of this nation can be the power which makes us whole and heals the rotten community, now so shattered by war and poverty and racism. I have great faith in the power of women who will dedicate themselves whole-heartedly to the task of remaking our society.

We are a traditional sport in an innovative society, and so trying to make change is always a task.

As a civil society, our task is to pressure governments into democratic changes.

One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.

Deciding which ideas to save and which ideas to discard is one of society's most important tasks.

I want an AI-powered society because I see so many ways that AI can make human life better. We can make so many decisions more systematically or automate away repetitive tasks and save so much human time.

There is a lot of stuff now that is in bad taste, and I don't see the necessity for it all. We didn't have to do it in our time, and they don't have to do it now.

We're in a period where society seems very attracted to flash, and that seeps into people's musical taste.

Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.

More people go to Tate Modern than watch the Arsenal.

We live in a crazily youth-orientated world nowadays. It's a trickle-down thing. We see pictures of lithe, attractive celebrity couples such as Brad and Angelina or the Beckhams cavorting around, covered in tattoos, stomachs as flat as the singing in early 'X Factor' rounds.

It's quite amazing how tattoos in general have been more and more accepted.

Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.

We are taught to consume. And that's what we do. But if we realized that there really is no reason to consume, that it's just a mind set, that it's just an addiction, then we wouldn't be out there stepping on people's hands climbing the corporate ladder of success.

You've got to be taught to hate and fear.

Society, in general, has taught for many generations that when you reach a certain age, you have to learn to stop playing.

We're all taught to blend in and behave.

My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help.

You must remember, my own philosophy is that you don't belong only to yourself. You have an obligation to the society which protected you when you were brought into the world, which taught you, which supported you and nurtured you. You have an obligation to repay it.

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.