If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.
Oscar Wilde
Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.
I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.
Healthy debate has been replaced by automatic sensors that eliminate the need for actual talking during a filibuster - a la 'Mr. Smith Goes to... →
Douglas Wilder
I get to teach my daughter what I've learned. I don't want her to feel she has to be a certain way to impress society. If she wants to spit... →
Kendra Wilkinson
A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into... →
George Will
Traditionally, baseball punishes preening. In a society increasingly tolerant of exhibitionism, it is splendid when a hitter is knocked down because... →
We tend to admire the people in our society who have accumulated such wealth as to seem somehow great. But we shouldn't forget that it was the... →
Armstrong Williams
The engine of ancient society was religion but the engine of contemporary society, as I see it, is advertising.
Kit Williams
Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour... →
Mary Lou Williams