“The end result is a Court that sounds ready to reverse Roe immediately, political consequences be damned. And if the Court is no longer worried about political backlash, there is no telling what it will do next.”— Mary Ziegler, cnn.com
“Though it remains difficult to believe, someday we will be able to gather in each other’s houses again.”— Katie Heaney, thecut.com
“There was no such thing as society. Even if there was, I most certainly had nothing to do with it.”— John Hodge, Mark "Rent Boy" Renton, Ewan McGregor, imdb.com
“I certainly know right from wrong, she said, but the trouble is, whenever I feel your hands unclipping my bra— wrong suddenly feels wonderfully right.”— Michael Faudet, amazon.com
“Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com
“Someone you haven’t even met yet is wondering what it’d be like to know someone like you.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.com
“My social intuition is so shitty I need a push notification to remind me I enjoy seeing people.”— Haley Nahman, manrepeller.com
“I settled into a life on autopilot, working and working out, rising at 5 a.m. to knock out a yoga class before spending the workday managing performance logistics. I pored over books and caught up on movies I’d been meaning to watch.”— Rainesford Stauffer, medium.com
“Hope and optimism are irrepressible but there is a deep underlying premonition that the opposition to change is likely to be vicious. Often the anxious question is asked: will such an oppressive regime really give us democracy? And the answer has to be: democracy, like liberty, justice and other soc…”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect — to help people work together — and not as a technical toy. The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our weblike existence in the world. We clump into families, associations, and companies. We de…”— Tim Berners-Lee, amazon.com
“When I invented the web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going end in the USA. … Democracy depends on freedom of speech. Freedom of connection, with any application, to any party, is the fundamental social b…”— Tim Berners-Lee, en.wikiquote.org
“Other people teach us who we are. Their attitudes to us are the mirror in which we learn to see ourselves, but the mirror is distorted. We are, perhaps, rather dimly aware of the immense power of our social environment.”— Alan Watts, amazon.com
“If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving.”— Robert Frost, en.wikiquote.org
“Playfulness shows an ability to connect with others, be social and enjoy pleasure. It also makes women appear sexier. Smiling and good humor are considered to be the most important factors in sexiness.”— Valeria Chuba, selfgrowth.com
“Become more polite. Good manners have always been an important part of a civilized society. They make it easier to connect with others, avoid offending people and will ensure that others perceive you as a good and trustworthy person. So know the etiquette, be prepared or other manners in other count…”— Ivan Dimitrijevic, lifehack.org
“Something about old souls makes other people want to come up to them and talk.”— Koty Neelis, thoughtcatalog.com
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”— Dale Carnegie, amazon.com
“A good conversation is something where every word is effortless and is a right thing to say. To choose good words, you have to be stress-free, and there should be no signs of anxiety at all. It is more about focusing on how you connect with the other person mentally, and in an instant is the way whe…”— James Holtenson, amazon.com
“When you are in a situation that presents an opportunity to make an acquaintance, you don’t have the resources to rummage through a repertoire of strategies. Instead you just need to make it your norm, where you can strike up a conversation in an instant. Do not worry about what the other person thi…”— Tom Benfield, amazon.com