Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. Jessamyn West on society
Statistically and emotionally, I believe that the way I can be of help to society is by doing what I know and what I've been good at. Tom Peters on society
Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others. Peter L. Berger on society
Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck. Raymond Chandler on society
Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life. Mary Baker Eddy on society
If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society. Jeb Bush on society
I really think that elected officials should be focused on how you create sustained economic growth, how do you create jobs and all of these issues that made people - segments of our society believe are really important are diversions politically. Jeb Bush on society
I think we are all interested in end-times ideas and also in the current climate that we are all living in, where money is a little harder to come by, things continue to get expensive gas prices are not too far from people's heads. There are more and more people. Human society's going to have real problems. Dominic Monaghan on society
What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority. Walter Lippmann on society
What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them! Henrik Ibsen on society
All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports. John Hodgman on society
Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society's tools, neither more nor less. Henrik Ibsen on society
A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind. George Will on society
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone. Geoffrey Fisher on society
Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations. Mikhail Bakunin on society
Our society's strong emphasis on dieting and self-image can sometimes lead to eating disorders. We know that more than 5 million Americans suffer from eating disorders, most of them young women. Tipper Gore on society
When you've paid your debt to society, you need to be reconnected and re-engaged in society. Tom Vilsack on society
Realizing our society as it is, without theology dogmatically telling us how we should react to it, and being humane toward that society, that is all that we're sure of. Vidal Sassoon on society
The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history. Vladimir Putin on society
Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight. Naomi Wolf on society