Social Commentary Quotes

“The settlements of the whites are the cause of the decrease of the Indian inhabitants.”

“Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor.”

“I'd rather have the thieves than the neighbours - the thieves don't impose. Thieves just want your things, neighbours want your time.”

“A woman is inferior to her husband in all things.”

“I'm trying to elevate small talk to medium talk.”

“America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.”

“I live in a neighborhood so bad that you can get shot while you're getting shot.”

“I think the great thing about sci-fi is that it's a great platform to talk about current issues.”

“I think the great thing about 'Will & Grace' is that it's a show that's always been about inclusion.”

“I can't stand people who are nice. I don't trust them. It's a facade.”

“A dollar ain't a dollar anymore.”

“Hell is for children.”

“The only thing I like about rich people is their money.”

“Hip-hop is not the problem. Our reality is the problem.”

“You cannot make a social-conscious film in which you say that the intermediary between the hand and the brain is the heart. I mean, that's a fairy tale, definitely.”

“One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple, by the relief office, I saw my people. As they stood hungry, I stood there whistling, this land was made for you and me.”

“The modern young woman of the Jewish race is a lamentable spectacle.”

“There is no racism in football, but there are some idiots.”

“I believe that it is the task of social cinema to show the world as it is, with all its cruelty, but also with its beauty.”

“A lie is a gesture. It's a courtesy. It's a little respect you show for the other person.”