#society

Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#far #individual #only #profitable #society

Certainly I get a lot personally out of it as well, there's the recognition and things like that but mostly I try to take that as an opportunity to explain why I hope we could see more projects like Apache out there and why it's a good thing for society. ↗

— Brian Behlendorf

#apache #certainly #could #explain #get

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world. ↗

— Peter L. Berger

#capitalism #democratic #democratic society #economy #example

There is no magic. There is no secret. You need your sleep. A lot of our society tries to get by, but the truth is it is up to each individual to get their optimal sleep amount. If you get less than that you can get by temporarily, but it's only temporary. ↗

— Richard Berry

#each #get #individual #less #lot

The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society. ↗

— Joe Biden

#american society #devastating #punch #september #society

Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#control #earth #eminently #foundation #land

People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

#fabric #people #pushing #society #time

There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it. ↗

— Jane Austen

#education #life #mr-darcy #people #society

I have nothing to do with the partisans. I wish to defy society not in order to improve it, but to hold it at bay no matter what. I suspend my achievements – but also my demands. ↗

— Ernst Jünger

#ernst-jünger #freedom #society #freedom

I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song. ↗

— Frank Black

#as far as #back #boston #far #folk