Famous Quotes & Sayings

Samuel West

I really do think the things that make our society what it is are under threat. It should be about everyone having the potential to be what they're going to be.

John Rhys-Davies

I do not want to see a society where, should I ever have any, my granddaughters have their fingernails pulled out because they are wearing nail varnish.

Richard Dawkins

The Darwinian theory is in principle capable of explaining life. No other theory that has ever been suggested is in principle capable of explaining life.

William Bolitho

General jackdaw culture, very little more than a collection of charming miscomprehensions, untargeted enthusiasms, and a general habit of skimming.

Roland Barthes

There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.

Voltaire

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

William Randolph Hearst

Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil.

Samuel Johnson

In civilized society we all depend upon each other, and our happiness is very much owing to the good opinion of mankind.

Samuel Johnson

It is our first duty to serve society.

Samuel Johnson

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.

Josh Billings

Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of.

Swami Vivekananda

Every one wants to command, and no one wants to obey; and this is owing to the absence of that wonderful brahmacharya system of yore. First, learn to obey. The command will come by itself. Always first learn to be a servant, and then you will be fit to be a master.

Jim Baker

He said he wouldn't sell out to the special interests, and it's my opinion that he has,

Kerry Sutton

We've been told there is a video of the identification process, and in my opinion we should have it by now.

David Wilder

He effectively rejected the opinion of the Supreme Court.

Umberto Eco

Our most noted satirists are true columnists, and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented expose.

Umberto Eco

I have lost the freedom of not having an opinion.

Umberto Eco

It is obvious that the newspaper produces the opinion of the readers.

William Safire

Have a definite opinion.

William James

The drunken consciousness is one bit of the mystic consciousness, and our total opinion of it must find its place in our opinion of that larger whole.

Tucker Max

Opinions are projections.