Society And Culture Quotes

“Most of the time, we see only what we want to see, or what others tell us to see, instead of really investigate to see what is really there. We embrace illusions only because we are presented with the illusion that they are embraced by the majority. When in truth, they only become popular because they are pounded at us by the media with such an intensity and high level of repetition that its mere force disguises lies and truths. And like obedient schoolchildren, we do not question their validity and swallow everything up like medicine. Why? Because since the earliest days of our youth, we have been conditioned to accept that the direction of the herd, and authority anywhere — is always right.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Money never made anybody rich. To be rich, you need the poor.
The rich understand this quite well. But the poor do not.
And this idiocy, they call an economy.”
― Daksh Tyagi, A Nation of Idiots

“Even on mute, the news is too loud.”
― Daksh Tyagi, A Nation of Idiots

“It’s okay to be annoyed by people. I’m sure you’re annoying to others too.”
― Daksh Tyagi, A Nation of Idiots

“Kids are the future, as we were once.
It is a nominal title. Best not to get too attached.”
― Daksh Tyagi, A Nation of Idiots

“The notion of trying to make friends in high places seems absurd, when you consider what they must have done to get there.”
― Daksh Tyagi, A Nation of Idiots

“A Politician's survival kit:
Please the majority, comfort the minority,
keep the rich in the loop and the poor disillusioned.”
― Daksh Tyagi, A Nation of Idiots

“Education must enable a man to remove the gaps and see reality as it is and align his perceived reality with the actual reality.”
― Anand Damani