George Bernard Shaw on Society
Monday, May 19th, 2008Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
- George Bernard Shaw
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Paul Sweeney on Society
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?
- Paul Sweeney
Jacques Barzun on Society
Saturday, March 1st, 2008It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.
- Jacques Barzun
Charles Kuralt on Society
Saturday, January 5th, 2008You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.
- Charles Kuralt
Milton Friedman on Society
Saturday, December 29th, 2007We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.
- Milton Friedman
Jiddu Krishnamurti on Society
Thursday, December 13th, 2007It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Dwight D. Eisenhower on Society
Thursday, November 29th, 2007A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alvin Toffler on Society
Sunday, November 25th, 2007One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we’ll need a new definition.
- Alvin Toffler
John W. Gardner on Society
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
- John W. Gardner
Mohandas Gandhi on Society
Saturday, July 28th, 2007There is more to life than increasing its speed.
- Mohandas Gandhi
