The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay older for longer. And they will run right into the dementia firing range. How will a society cope? Especially a society that can't so readily rely on those stable family relationships that traditionally provided the backbone of care? Terry Pratchett on society
Men of genius are often dull and inert in society as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on society
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side of the face can smile while the other is pinched. Thomas Fuller on society
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society. William Makepeace Thackeray on society
Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a platform where we could offer information, but it's also an escape. Busta Rhymes on society
We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity. Marco Rubio on society
Professionalism is not sportsmanship. If you don't succeed, you won't be in your profession for long. In our society, it's not about good or bad. It's about who's on top. Chili Davis on society
Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored. Lord Byron on society
Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners. Alexis de Tocqueville on society
Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society. E. O. Wilson on society
Racism is beyond common sense and has no place in our society. Steven Patrick Morrissey on society
Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society... It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff. Stephen Harper on society
One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action. Eric Hoffer on society
We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society. Angela Davis on society
Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable. Simone de Beauvoir on society
In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it. Cal Thomas on society
Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. John Burroughs on society
Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage. Mason Cooley on society
I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam. Lyndon B. Johnson on society
He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest. Theodor Adorno on society