In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society. Desmond Tutu on society
Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative. Johnny Rotten on society
Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority. Simone de Beauvoir on society
I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society.We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it? J. K. Rowling on society
No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society. Naomi Wolf on society
Militant feminists are pro-choice because it's their ultimate avenue of power over men. And believe me, to them it is a question of power. It is their attempt to impose their will on the rest of society, particularly on men. Rush Limbaugh on society
Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions. Bertolt Brecht on society
To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts. Lyndon B. Johnson on society
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not Man the less, but Nature more. George Byron on society
A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion. Marshall McLuhan on society
There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak. Charles R. Swindoll on society
A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend. Oliver Wendell Holmes on society
All the United States, it is a society that is split like to the bottom, that had very poor people in the country that is one of the wealthiest countries. Desmond Tutu on society
People who own property feel a sense of ownership in their future and their society. They study, save, work, strive and vote. And people trapped in a culture of tenancy do not. Henry Louis Gates on society
If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators. Ben Stein on society
I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost. Terry Pratchett on society
Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. Shirley Chisholm on society
Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy. Pope Paul VI on society
Well I believe in the desirability of an optimal society. Tom Stoppard on society
If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful the economy is, it's a straight line. It depends on how much they emancipate their women. Christopher Hitchens on society