Society Quotes

A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.

I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.

Society is based on the assumption that everyone is alike and no one is alive.

He who negates present society, and seeks social conditions based on the sharing of property, is a revolutionary whether he calls himself an anarchist or a communist.

A junkie is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong.

Watching people just look out for themselves, I think, is extremely interesting. It goes right back to something like 'The Beggar's Opera' - the underbelly of society, how it operates, and how that reflects their so-called betters.

Most of them are pretty down records, pretty unhappy, pretty confused. Which only reflects how people in general were feeling, I mean really the sense that you get is society running down.

In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist society, the narcissist is God's gift to the collective.

When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.

The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing it down or having people acting it out. That's why I'm always hoping society never collapses because the first ones to go will be entertainers.