Holocaust survivors came to Israel in order to establish a new human society where nobody would be able to hurt them just because they’re Jewish. This is both a furious and vulnerable message. – Yair Lapid
I think as an American society, when we’re paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don’t want to see sad things at the movies. – Zoe Saldana
I feel that my work is not in vain, that it does have a place in society, even though it may not be considered that it has a place in society – it doesn’t matter. – Yoko Ono
I have always been interested in theater, as an actor and as someone who looks upon theater – at the risk of sounding pretentious – as an icon by which we measure society… My life has been in the theater to an extent. It’s only an extension to write, direct, produce, whatever. – Wayne Rogers
I’m 23 years old. I might just be my mother’s child, but in all reality, I’m everybody’s child. Nobody raised me; I was raised in this society. – Tupac Shakur
We need to start talking about inequality again; we need to start talking about the inequities and unfairnesses and the injustices of an excessively divided society, divided by wealth, by opportunity, by outcome, by assets and so forth. – Tony Judt
Any society that doesn’t take care of its weaker younger members is not one to be proud of. – Stephanie March
The solutions to our problems are and always will be based upon universal, timeless, self-evident principles common to every enduring, prospering society throughout history. – Stephen Covey
The challenge for Muslims in America is to respect the fears of ordinary people while resisting the exploitation of those fears by political parties, lobbies and sectors of the media. To meet this challenge, Muslims must reassess their own involvement, behavior and contributions in American society. – Tariq Ramadan
I was never happy, and neither were many of my friends. We were just normal kids that were not so excellent at what society wanted from us at that time. – Sung Jin Park
Yes, Democrats can prove that America pays more for health care than other countries; yes, they have won the dispute that private health insurance is needlessly expensive. But what they’ve lost is the argument that we are a society. – Thomas Frank
The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. – Thomas Paine
I’ve read crime fiction all my life. A thing that’s bothered me about crime fiction is that it’s generally about one or two people, but there’s not much about society. I want to get away from that particular pattern: a lead, a supporting role and backdrop characters. – Stieg Larsson
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice. – Simone Weil
Ireland is such a young society. The British were the ruling class up until they left about a hundred years ago, and we’ve been trying to work out what our class hierarchy is ever since. – Tana French
It is not our sexual preferences, the color of our skin, the language we speak, nor the religion we practice that creates friction, hatred and wars amongst in society. It is our words and the words of our leaders that can create that disparity. – Yehuda Berg
I have exercises that lead participants to discover for themselves that their deepest fulfillment comes when what they’re doing is of benefit to larger society in some way. This really knocks some for a loop – especially those schooled in the ‘take no prisoners’ approach. – Srikumar Rao
What is especially important is addressing the question of how religion can be enforced through political means and what can be done to create a political environment that, on the one hand, acknowledges the role of religion in society, while on the other hand does not impose one religion on the populace at the expense of all others. – Tony Campolo
We were promised a society of philosophers. But the Blogosphere is looking more and more like a nation of ankle-biters. – Steven Levy
Corporate executives need to re-frame their responsibilities to include the interests of all the stakeholders in society at large; not just shareholders, but also employees, the citizens of our communities, and those who care about the environment. – Simon Mainwaring
My wife and I, we started a foundation about companion animal rescue, but there’s a group called Performing Animal Welfare Society just outside of Sacramento… and they offered me a job as an elephant keeper. – Tony La Russa
The state security bodies should not be seen as an institution that works against society and the state; one needs to understand what makes them work against their own people. – Vladimir Putin
This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people. – Yoko Ono
The most likely victim of actual religious discrimination in British society is a Muslim, but the person who is most likely to feel slighted because of their religion is an evangelical Christian. – Trevor Phillips
