I think that when we have a better educated society when there is less violence in our cities when people get back into the workforce and have the opportunity to take care of themselves and their families - that for me really is the kind of success and the kind of America that I think most of us still want we aspire to.

You forget that you do choose your life and there are so many things to be grateful for and I feel like society has gotten to that point where we're always looking for the next and the better and we lose sight of what's actually in front of us.

Watching people just look out for themselves I think is extremely interesting. It goes right back to something like 'The Beggar's Opera' - the underbelly of society how it operates and how that reflects their so-called betters.

And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers.

My main concern is theater and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish and it has to do better.

If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society.

Even if one is interested only in one's own society which is one's prerogative one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others.

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.

We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.

A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better happier place than one where there are not.