“I should like to begin with a philosophical comment. I do not think that when one is speaking of hardships or benefits one can reasonably speak in terms of classes or social groups but only in terms of individuals.” ThinkingShouldIndividualSpeakSocialTermClassGroupsBenefitsPhilosophicalHardshipCommentSocial Groups Author:John James Cowperthwaite
“Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without a comment is a wonderful social grace ... Children who have the habit of constantly correcting should be stopped before they grow up to drive spouses and everyone else crazy by interrupting stories to say, 'No, dear -- it was Tuesday, not Wednesday.” ShouldChildrenStoriesSocialGrowsMistakeGrowing UpGraceWonderfulCrazyHabitDearAllowingCommentSpouseUnimportantTuesdayWednesdayCorrectingInterruptingSocial Graces Author:Judith Martin
“I sometimes think humor and satire are more effective techniques for expressing social statements than direct comment.” ThinkingSometimesSocialDirectTechniqueStatementsSatireComment Author:Kristin Hunter
“Even worse than seeing women's privacy violated on social media is reading the accompanying comments that show such a lack of empathy.” ShowsReadingSocialSeeingMediaEmpathySocial MediaPrivacyCommentLack Of Empathy Author:Emma Watson
“I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time.” ThinkingJobsLiteratureSocialIssuesCommentSocial Issues Author:Linda Sue Park
“Men who scorn the idea of submission to the divine Will and are outraged by the notion of a God who requires submission are among the first to demand total submission to the process in which we are involved and seem to attach a kind of moral imperative to willing participation in it. Any other attitude, so they say, is reactionary or escapist or anti-social. Perhaps, after all, they have found a divinity to worship; and, if they have, the only charitable comment must be: God help them!” IfsMenFirstsKindIdeasHelpingSeemsFoundSocialProcessAttitudeMoralDivineWillingInvolvedDemandWorshipNotionDivinityCommentParticipationSubmissionScornImperativesCharitableReactionariesGod HelpOutragedAnti SocialEscapistsDivine Will Author:Charles le Gai Eaton