Society Quotes

"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat" "Consumerism tells us that in order to be happy, we must consume" "The most universal and effective binding agent of complex human societies is shared beliefs" "Equality is out—but immortality is in" "Whereas science fiction frequently depicts robots as conquering the world by force, in reality they will probably conquer the world by getting humans to trust them" "Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim." "There is less harm in the crime itself than in the callousness, cruelty, and indifference of most people towards those who commit it." "Science fiction pretends to look into the future, but it's really looking at a reflection of our current society." "There are no rights. There are only privileges." "The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other going in opposite directions." "Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge" "The reason for evil in the world is that people are not able to tell their stories" "The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish." "Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society" "I am a professional maker of things and a firm believer in art and science as important facets of our society" "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground" "I've never seen a homeless guy with a bottle of Gatorade" "Sometimes what is right seems wrong, and what is wrong seems right" "Independence is middle-class blasphemy. We are all dependent " "The entire narrative of this country argues against the truth of who you are."