We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan dependentexquisitelylive Change image and share on social
In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect. Friedrich Durrenmatt effectpietysociety Change image and share on social
There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity. Robertson Davies communaldefenddoctrine Change image and share on social
I believed - and believe - that capitalism works best for a freedom-loving society, that it brings more prosperity to more people than any other social-economic system, but that somehow we have to take care of people. Katharine Graham believebringcapitalism share on social
In short, we need to recover the courage we celebrate in our heroes, and in particular, the courage to tolerate, for the sake of a free society, a level of risk we hardly ever imagined in the past. Daniel Dennett celebratecouragefree Change image and share on social
To be compassionate is not a joke. It's not that simple. One has to discover a certain bigness in oneself. That bigness should be centered on oneself, not in terms of money, not in terms of power you wield, not in terms of any status that you can command in the society, but it should be centered on oneself. Dayananda Saraswati bignesscentercommand share on social
Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself. Margaret Atwood artdreamexamine Change image and share on social
Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and accords greater respect to those with greater expertise. With one exception: climate science. Jay Griffiths academiaacceptaccord share on social
We live in an anaesthetized society. Tony Snow anaesthetizelivesociety Change image and share on social
It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never made contact, that never gave SETI a fair chance. Barney Oliver chancecontactelect Change image and share on social