#societies

Some people complain there are too many people on earth, Some people complain about secret societies, Some people accuse others of not being able to wake up early. Almost all people complain about something. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#complaining #dejan-stojanovic #earth #literature #literature-quotes

Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#different #earth #ever #existed #how

Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics. ↗

— David Attenborough

#come #doing #economics #individuals #many

I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#best #both #cultures #east #i

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#been #boundaries #build #compelling #creation

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#basis #civil #civil society #democracies #emerging

Demography is changing us as we are older societies, we're living longer. How the generations balance each other out, how that affects education and health care. ↗

— Howard Baker

#balance #care #changing #each #education

Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas married men have done most of the fighting and market work? ↗

— Gary Becker

#activities #agricultural #almost #bearing #certain

We have one of the few societies, the only one I can think of right offhand, where your health care is so tied to your job, so that when an American company has to hire, they have to think about health care. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#american #care #company #few #health

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#dangerous #jail #many #repressive #societies