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Society Quotes (page 2)

Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other. We meet at meals three times a day, and give each other a new taste of that musty old cheese that we are. We have had to agree on a certain set of rules, called etiquette and politeness, to make this frequent meeting tolerable and that we need not come to open war. We meet at the post office, and at the sociable, and at the fireside every night; we live thick and are in... Henry David Thoreau
Eddie Vedder quote: "Society, you're a crazy breed."
Society, you're a crazy breed. Eddie Vedder
Alexis de Tocqueville quote: "Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common..."
Society was cut in two: those who had nothing united in common envy; those who had anything united in common terror. Alexis de Tocqueville
Isaac Asimov quote: "Society is much more easily soothed than one's own conscience."
Society is much more easily soothed than one's own conscience. Isaac Asimov
Society can and does execute its own mandates: and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle, it practises a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression... John Stuart Mill
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Society is more concerned with material possessions than it..."
Society is more concerned with material possessions than it is with the true love and compassion of another human being. Kurt Vonnegut
Alexis de Tocqueville quote: "Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few,..."
Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all. Alexis de Tocqueville
Doug Coupland quote: "Society indeed conspires to keep you ball and chained."
Society indeed conspires to keep you ball and chained. Doug Coupland
Dale Murphy quote: "Society is what we make of it, so we'd better try to make it..."
Society is what we make of it, so we'd better try to make it the best we can. Dale Murphy
Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals. For example, it makes no difference whether a single car drives on the left or on the right. But it makes all the difference when there are many cars! Marvin Minsky
George H. Mead quote: "Society is unity in diversity."
Society is unity in diversity. George H. Mead
Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication. Marshall McLuhan
Mignon McLaughlin quote: "Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers."
Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers. Mignon McLaughlin
Daniel Goleman quote: "Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness."
Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness. Daniel Goleman
Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities. Evelyn Glennie

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