I understand why society especially American society is gravitating toward fairy tales given our economy. We've been exploring the world of witches and wizards for years. We've been exploring the world of vampires for years. Clearly the public - I mean I feel like all of this was ushered in by 'Harry Potter' - in my own fannish beliefs.

The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society.

Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck.

Even if one is interested only in one's own society which is one's prerogative one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others.

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

Are we Darwinists - where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a standard of living that we decide to support.

Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.

Boy's natural play is rough and tumble play it's the universal play of little boys. And it's very different from aggression. And we are a society that's failing to understand the distinction.

When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.

When you come in to court as a plaintiff or as a defendant it is terribly important that you look up at the bench and feel that that person represents you and will understand you that that person is reflective of our community and of our society.

Through their own actions customers can hold companies responsible to higher standards of social responsibility. Through collective action they can leverage their dollars to combat the force of those investors who myopically pursue profits at the expense of the rest of society.

In a society that tries to standardize thinking individuality is not highly prized.

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.

There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.

In much of society research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.