#society

The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

#human #human society #inequalities #life #marvel

Fashion takes its inspiration from society and everyday life, which is the same for everyone, and this is perhaps the reason why certain elements recur. ↗

— Stefano Gabbana

#elements #everyday #everyday life #everyone #fashion

But hey, when you live in Watts, you need a little smack to get by, you know what I mean? You need something soft and comfortable in your life, 'cause you're not going to get it from what's around you. And society isn't going to give it to you. ↗

— Jerry Garcia

#cause #comfortable #get #give #going

The 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

#activity #because #exalted #excellence #good

At the time it seemed like a natural development of my interest in what was going on around me in society. ↗

— Helen Garner

#development #going #interest #like #me

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society. ↗

— Bill Gates

#back #fortune #given #go #high

People who own property feel a sense of ownership in their future and their society. They study, save, work, strive and vote. And people trapped in a culture of tenancy do not. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#feel #future #own #ownership #people

We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#inflict #life #must #resented #society

When women make their image about youth and sexuality, and not about intellect, that's kind of a dead-end road. So I think it's a combination of self-entrapment and entrapment by society. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#combination #dead-end #i #i think #image

Like all social theories, internationalism must seek its basis in the economic and technical fields; here are to be found the most profound and the most decisive factors in the development of society. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#decisive #development #economic #factors #fields