In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners. Marilyn Monroe
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan
A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. Robert Frost
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. Ayn Rand
The best things and best people rise out of their separateness I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise. Robert Frost
As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society. Henry David Thoreau
I had three chairs in my house one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. Henry David Thoreau
In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society. Henry David Thoreau
If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom. Robert Frost
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. Harry S. Truman
Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent. Jim Rohn
I come from that society and there is a common thread, specifically family values - the idea that you do anything for your family, and the unconditional love for one's children. Ednita Nazario
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age? Erich Fromm
All women have a perception much more developed than men. So all women somehow, being repressed for so many millennia, they ended up by developing this sixth sense and contemplation and love. And this is something that we have a hard time to accept as part of our society. Paulo Coelho
The society based on production is only productive, not creative. Albert Camus
As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means. Albert Camus
Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future. Albert Camus
To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today. Albert Camus
Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one. Thomas Paine