Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day. Bill Vaughan
The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it. Daniel Webster
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young? Paul Sweeney
Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything. Herb Caen
Normal social behavior requires that we be able to recognize identities in spite of change. Unless we can do so, there can be no human society as we know it. Kenneth L. Pike
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things. Russell Baker
What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive? Irv Kupcinet
Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in. Peter Medawar
The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money. A. J. Liebling
Society is based on the assumption that everyone is alike and no one is alive. Hugh Kingsmill
Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society. Alfred Austin