Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy. – Pope Paul VI

The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society. – Charles Horton Cooley

Society is always engaged in a vast conspiracy to preserve itself — at the expense of the new demands of each new generation. – John Haynes Holmes

Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time. – J. J. Abrams