top of page
.png){kind=small}
"There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Society quotes
"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."
"People are very busy; they are so busy that when they walk in the crowds they see no one, no one but themselves; they hear no voice, no voice but their own voice!"
"In a materialistic society, the dead body of a rich man's dog is regarded as a corpse; that of a poor man, a carcass."
"Poverty is like a crumb that sits at a table, and starves itself to death."
"The action or inaction of any government does not negate the Personal Responsibility of the citizens."
"Keep your finger on the pulse of society, take controversies with a grain of salt, lick your finger and then lift it to the wind; always know what is going on, my friend, so this world can never steer you wrong again."
"The journey of every ignorant and obedient society always ends up in the same place: In the desert!"
Explore more quotes by Roland Barthes
"There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it."
"The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man."
"What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth."
"The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning."
"Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it."
"I have tried to be as eclectic as I possibly can with my professional life, and so far it's been pretty fun."
bottom of page