Normlessness Within Society Quotes & Sayings

I like the au naturel thing you have going on. Girls don't come over here like that."
"I was coerced into coming here. It didn't occur to me to impress you," I said, aggravated that my plan had failed. — Jamie McGuire

Religions are moral exoskeletons. If you live in a religious community, you are enmeshed in a set of norms, relationships, and institutions that work primarily on the elephant to influence your behavior. But if you are an atheist living in a looser community with a less binding moral matrix, you might have to rely somewhat more on an internal moral compass, read by the rider. That might sound appealing to rationalists, but it is also a recipe for anomie - Durkheim's word for what happens to a society that no longer has a shared moral order.63 (It means, literally, "normlessness.") We evolved to live, trade, and trust within shared moral matrices. When societies lose their grip on individuals, allowing all to do as they please, the result is often a decrease in happiness and an increase in suicide, as Durkheim showed more than a hundred years ago. — Jonathan Haidt

Is that why you didn't call me? Because I'm an idiot? — Cassandra Clare

Thrillers are my favorite. I like stuff that keeps you on the edge of your seat or maybe makes you jump. — Corey Feldman

I want to change how women think of and feel about marketing. It not only helps women get the results they want, but marketing brings out our best human attributes: true listening, compassion, honesty, and a spirit of service. — Marie Forleo

I'm a gatekeeper, and the gatekeepers all used to be mostly old, white men. — Jim Lehrer

The earnestness of life is the only passport to satisfaction of life. — Theodore Parker