I think ‘The Thing’ is so good because it’s not just a scary movie. It’s also social commentary, which works on multiple levels, which is something I really respond to. – Drew Goddard
I was a bit of a loner as a teenager. I never went to a single social event, because they terrified me. – Mia Wasikowska
Every social network on Earth pitches me, and I say no to nearly every single one of them. – David Sze
The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation. – Peter Ustinov
I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth. – Fidel Castro
Governments everywhere that are unable to guarantee equitable growth and social welfare have suffered a fatal decay of legitimacy. – Pankaj Mishra
My fear is that people associate Rand Paul’s social conservatism with libertarianism, when it’s not. – Gary Johnson
Social media, despite its reputation as the ultimate agent of self-promotion, actually feeds on self-loathing. – Meghan Daum
I’m basically a libertarian, and I’m a conservative on economic matters, and I’m a social liberal. – David H. Koch
I came from a dance background, so that’s what I did my whole teenage years. I was at the dance studio a lot. It just becomes your social scene and part of your life. – Felicia Day
Postmodernism came nowhere close in quality to Modernism at its apogee, not least because that later style wholly lacked the social impetus that animated the designs most emblematic of the Modern Movement. – Martin Filler
Internationalism is a social and political theory, a certain concept of how human society ought to be organized, and in particular a concept of how the nations ought to organize their mutual relations. – Christian Lous Lange
Social Security and Medicare are necessary safety nets, but they are nearing insolvency as fewer pay in, more take out, and more take out more. – Mark McKinnon
Social media’s greatest assets – anonymity, ‘virality,’ interconnectedness – are also its main weaknesses. – Evgeny Morozov
At different times I taught humanities, social sciences and pre-vocational education. – Estelle Morris
Utopianism is probably a necessary social device for generating the superhuman efforts without which no major revolution is achieved. – Eric Hobsbawm
We also have issue oriented storylines which are an examination of an issue, be it ethical or social. – David E. Kelley
But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world. – E. O. Wilson
In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one’s own language above all. – Edward Sapir
Foursquare’s adoption of a game dynamic when it launched is a particularly clever implementation of a social hook. – Fred Wilson
Among seniors, Social Security is the sole source of income for 26 percent of nonmarried women. – Diane Watson