#society

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#among #because #collective #creates #democratic

Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society. ↗

— Kenzo Tange

#cities #considerations #great #importance #informational

It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#impossible #our #snob #society #sometimes

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#articles #best #dress #good #humor

While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors. ↗

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

#astronauts #celebrity #concept #cooked #i

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. ↗

— Mark Twain

#influence #little #make #man #naked

We've become a plastic society. ↗

— Bill Janklow

#plastic #society

Moreover, there is an unearned increment on capital and on labor, due to the presence, around the capitalist and the laborer, of a great, industrious, and prosperous society. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#capital #capitalist #due #great #industrious

What becomes of a man who acquires a beautiful woman, with her "beauty" his sole target? He sabotages himself. He has gained no friend, no ally, no mutual trust: She knows quite well why she has been chosen. He has succeeded in buying something: the esteem of other men who find such an acquisition impressive. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#beauty #body-image #cosmetic-surgery #cosmetics #culture

It's upsetting to be a man in our society. ↗

— David Mamet

#man #our #society #upsetting