412 quotes found
“The formation of society serves not only for defensive purposes, but is also very useful, and, indeed, absolutely necessary, as rendering possible the division of labor. If men did not render mutua...”
“In societies like ours sex truly represents a second system of differentiation, completely independent of money; and as a system of differentiation it functions mercilessly. The effects of these tw...”
“The genius of stable societies is that they achieve stability without stagnation, repetition without monotony, conformity with originality, obedience with liberty.”
“What is believed in society is not always the equivalent of what is true; but as regards to a woman's reputation, it amounts to the same thing.”
“The Rakshasa," said Percy pedantically, "are a different breed altogether from our vampires. Much in the same way that poodles and dachshunds are different breeds of dog. Rakshasas are reviled in I...”
“Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war.”
“The laugh left a bitter taste in our mouths, but we laughed out all the same.”
“You're both living these lives you didn't choose to live in a world full of people telling you what that's supposed to mean. That's messed up.”
“The doctors are all agreed that I am suffering from want of society. Was never a case like it. First, I did not know that I was suffering at all. Secondly, as an Irishman might say, I had thought i...”
“It's all about vanity, isn't it? I think it says something about people if they can't do it”
“In my civilian world at home in Los Angeles, half the people I know are on antidepressants or antipanic attack drugs because they cant handle the stress of a mean boss or a crowd at the 7-Eleven wh...”
“A consciously exaggerated compliment is an offense.”
“The privilege of the grave: Its occupant has one privilege which is not exercised by any living person: free speech.”
“Hitler is the human catch-all for all other terrible humans.”
“When the society missteps, it's the youth who first fall sideways.”
“People worship power in the form in which they are able to understand it.”
“You see that girl over there? The one being picked on? Do you know whose fault it is that she's being picked on? Society. Just because she doesn't look and dress a certain way makes her different. ...”
“If you can change the way people think, she said.The way they see themselves.The way they see the world.If you do that, you can change the way people live their lives.And that's the only lasting th...”
“A society with values, is a rich society.”
“The ways by which you may get your money almost without exception lead downward. To have done anything by which you earn money 'merely' is to be truly idle or worse. If the labourer gets no more th...”
