Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought. Jose Saramago on society
It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have as a society is because we don't acknowledge that family is important, and it has to be people who are present, you know, and mothers and fathers, both are not present enough with children. James Earl Jones on society
What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society. Aung San Suu Kyi on society
The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society. Daisaku Ikeda on society
In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations. Daisaku Ikeda on society
Divorced from the cosmos, from nature, from society and from each other, we have become fractured and fragmented. Daisaku Ikeda on society
I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society. Daisaku Ikeda on society
Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction. Daisaku Ikeda on society
The negative side of football. The negative side of our society. People sometimes go to football and bring to it the negative aspects of our society. Jose Mourinho on society
The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on society
But the truth of the matter is, we're an open society, we want to remain an open society, and there will continue to be vulnerability. That's why we have to meet the threats when they are not yet taking place on our territory and on our soil. Condoleezza Rice on society
Possibly because I grew up not feeling very confident about my own physical appearance, I developed internal devices so that I could integrate into society. Shirley Manson on society
Our whole society is instantaneous. Bryan Cranston on society
Something's happened in our society which I don't think is beneficial, and that's that you see the public being fed box-office news. Newscasts now, every local station - I've been traveling around the country a lot, and you see the local news, and they give box-office reports. Bryan Cranston on society
I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society. Charles Rangel on society
I started out in engineering. I was a geophysical engineer. Throughout the course of my life I've done a lot of strange jobs, and the effect has been to make me think a little more skeptically about our capitalist society. George Saunders on society
We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done. Barbara Jordan on society
While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors. Joseph Gordon-Levitt on society
I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism. King Abdullah II on society
The warrior may fight for gold or for an immediate gain, or for something to take home for the winter to feed the family. The soldier is part of a more complex society. He's fighting for a group ethic of some sort. C. J. Cherryh on society