Quotes About Society

You've got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what books you have on your shelves. People are encouraged to look to themselves first as opposed to being a part of society.

On the path to ubiquity of AI, there will be many ethics-related decisions that we, as AI leaders, need to make. We have a responsibility to drive those decisions, not only because it is the right thing to do for society but because it is the smart business decision.

I don't think you need to get married necessarily. Girls just assume they will get married and have babies, but that isn't the right thing for everyone.

It is mind-blowing to pause and think that a film as forward-facing and potent as 'Do the Right Thing' was released the same year as 'Driving Ms. Daisy.'

I'd like to not have to worry about image, about doing the right thing all the time. Not that I want to be a criminal or anything. I'd like to be able to do something wrong and not feel the whole world will know.

A something-for-nothing culture does no one any favours. It makes those who are doing the right thing cynical.

There were centuries when civilization had no theater.

Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?

In my opinion, theater shouldn't give advice to citizens.

The mainstream is generally garbage. Look at the heavily subsidized theaters.

The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time.

I don't think it's the job of theatre at the moment to provide political propaganda; that would be simplistic. We have to explore our situation further before we will understand it.

But I think theatre in a repressive society is an immensely exciting event and theatre in a luxurious old, affluent old society like ours is an entertaining event.

Theatre is expensive to go to. I certainly felt when I was growing up that theatre wasn't for us. Theatre still has that stigma to it. A lot of people feel intimidated and underrepresented in theatre.

Most Americans would agree that Plowshares is a Theatre of the Absurd.

There is in our society a gulf opening up, a kind of cultural apartheid, between those who are brought up to feel our national culture is theirs, to take ownership of it, and enjoy the privileges of that, and those who are completely disfranchised, those - for example - who will never be taken to the theatre to see Shakespeare.

The last thing the theatre owners wanted was for people who spent $200 to see 'Les Miserables' to come out again and see the real miserable children of America, right there on the sidewalk.

Innocence as we understand it in our culture is very theatrical. The flip side is, if you're charming enough, you can get away with anything.

It's sad when 'Grand Theft Auto' has more consequences for criminal behavior than real life.

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

The theme my generation explored was the relationship between capitalism and art.

Literature at its fullest takes human nature as its theme. That's the kind of writing that interests me.

If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.