“Humiliating to human pride as it may be, we must recognize that the advance and even the preservation of civilization are dependent upon a maximum of opportunity for accidents to happen.” HumansMayHappensOpportunitySocietyPrideCivilizationAccidentsDependentPreservationMaximumHumiliating Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“I'll clue you in on a secret: death is not the worst thing that could happen to you. I know we think that; we are the first society ever to think that. It's not worse than dishonor; it's not worse than losing your freedom; its not worse than losing a sense of personal responsibility.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsHappensSecretResponsibilitySocietyWorstLosingWorst ThingsCluePersonal ResponsibilityYour FreedomDishonor Author:Bill Maher
“Your success as a family... our success as a nation... depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.” HappensHouseNationsWhiteFamilySocietyDependsWhite House Author:Barbara Bush
“Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy, then gives them the drugs to take away their unhappiness. Science fiction? It is already happening to some extent in our own society... Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs. In effect, antidepressants are a means of modifying an individual's internal state in such a way as to enable him to tolerate social conditions that he would otherwise find intolerable.” PeopleWayGivingMeanStatesHappensIndividualSocialFictionImagineSocietyModernConditionsSubjectsEffectsDrugDepressionHappeningsScience FictionToleranceTerroristUnhappyInternalsRemoveUnhappinessIntoleranceTolerateDepressingMathematicianAnarchistNot HappyModern SocietySocial ConditionsUnhappy PeopleAntidepressantsModifying Author:Theodore Kaczynski
“Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.” ChildrenHappensResultsCompassionViolenceSocietySecurityCitizensOur ChildrenSafetyInvestmentVulnerableMy ChildrenCollectivesOur SocietyConsensusSafety And Security Author:Nelson Mandela
“I think we're creating a situation that's incredibly dangerous. There's a lot of chat at the moment about the war on terror and whilst there are many causes for acts of terrorism, what kind of society are you creating if you allow civil society in Africa to die and create millions upon millions of orphans? Where are they going to go? What kind of cults, what kind of militias, what's going to happen? The accession of violence in those countries, the possibility of that, to me is very terrifying.” IfsThinkingKindWarCountryMomentsHappensDiesCausesSituationMillionsViolenceSocietyDangerousPossibilityCreatingTerrorTerrorismAidsCultOrphanWar On TerrorCivil SocietyMilitia Author:Emma Thompson
“There needs to be a shift in consciousness; there needs to be an absolute wake-up call before society can actually make the kind of incredibly significant changes that need to happen.” NeedsKindHappensMotivationConsciousnessSocietyWake UpAbsolutesSignificantWake Up CallSignificant Change Author:Annie Lennox
“I divide the world into three Classes - The few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, the overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happens.” PeopleWorldHappensThreeClassWatchesSocietyAchievementHappeningsMajorityNotionThings HappenDividesOverwhelmingMake Things Happen Author:Nicholas Murray Butler
“When the world goes mad, one must accept madness as sanity; since sanity is, in the last analysis, nothing but the madness on which the whole world happens to agree.” WorldWholeHappensLastsAcceptingSocietyCrazyAcceptanceMadnessAgreeMadWhole WorldInsaneInsanityAnalysisSanityAcceptableSaneCrazinessMadness And SanityThis Crazy World Author:George Bernard Shaw
“One of the expressions of Western over-reliance on technology can be seen in the lack of patience in industrial society. When you deal with technology, everything happens at the touch of a button. This conditions you to become so impatient that when you have an emotional or personal crisis, you don't allow time for the solution to take effect. This leads to all sorts of rash responses, like quarrels, fights and so on.” HappensTimeFightingDealsTechnologySocietyConditionsEffectsEmotionalExpressionSolutionsCrisisResponseWesternThings HappenButtonsQuarrelsRelianceImpatient Author:Dalai Lama
“Things happen too quickly, crisis follows crisis, the soil of our minds is perpetually disturbed. Each of us, to relieve his feelings, broadcasts his own running commentary on the preposterous and bewildering events of the hour: and this, nowadays, is what passes for conversation.” MindFeelingsHappensRunningHoursSocietyEventsConversationCrisisThings HappenSoilDisturbedCommentary Book:Mrs. Miniver Source: Mrs. Miniver
“On an average day 7 minutes of news happens. Yet there are currently three full-time, 24-hour news networks.” HappensThreeHoursSocietyMinutesNewsAverage Author:Jon Stewart