Societal Need Quotes

All recognized famous inventors had capable predecessors and successors and made their improvements at a time when society was capable of using their product.

If there were no God, he would have to be invented.

If you don't want to be a teacher, you'd better get off this planet.

The full implications of feminism will evolve over time, as we organize, experiment, think, analyze, and revise our ideas and strategies in light of our experiences. No theory emerges in full detail overnight; the dominant theories of our day have expanded and changed over many decades. That it will take time should not discourage us. That we might fail to pursue our ideas - given the enormous need for them in society today - is unconscionable.

I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies. The world needs such men more than Heaven does.

Our society's need for escapism has always interested me.

When you think about accountants, who would want to be an accountant? But, what would we do without accountants? Whether it's soldiers or garbage men or doctors, everyone has the thing that they love.

Why does every society seem to want to make music when it often seems like kind of a frill.

We don't need sugar to live, and we don't need it as a society.

Without a consumer society there was no need for an industrial revolution.

It is a pleasant world we live in, sir, a very pleasant world. There are bad people in it, Mr. Richard, but if there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

I am a great believer in what we've been told time and time again by people like Joseph Campbell, "find your bliss." Find out what it is that touches you most deeply. Pursue it, learn about it, explore it, expand on it. Live with it and nurture it. Find your own way and make your own contribution. Find a way to make a contribution to this society because God knows we need contributions from the coming generation. This planet and this civilization is in need. I see it as a time of need.

Caring can be learned by all human beings, can be worked into the design of every life, meeting an individual need as well as a pervasive need in society.

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.