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Society Quotes
Society examined from the inside, not just observed.
These quotes treat society as something actively shaped by present decisions, from communication policy to who gets admitted into leadership. For lines on how people choose to live day to day, see Live quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Bowie
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the role of Ziggy Stardust, Bowie seemed in 1972 like a strange alien creature, not so much coming from another planet as from a future age. His purpose: to warn us about a dangerous society where values were to be turned inside out.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marriage and the creation of families has been an integral part of our society since its creation; it should not be defined without the kind of involvement by the people which a constitutional process would require.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Measurement and categorization are, of course, fundamental to any scientific endeavor, but the implications of being able to identify psychopaths are as much practical as academic. To put it simply, if we can't spot them, we are doomed to be their victims, both as individuals and as a society.
- Research
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very fortunate to be elected to the Society of Fellows at Harvard, which is, in effect, a small research center where you are given three years to do whatever work you want.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason.
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- Nov 07, 2020
What drives me is exploration with a purpose, more the classic Royal Geographical Society genre.
- Friendship
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- Nov 07, 2020
Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Western society has many flaws, and it is good for an educated person to have thought some of these through, even at the expense of losing a lecture or two to tear gas.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
When art is defined by Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons, you've got a society that's impoverished.
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- Nov 07, 2020