"We are all murderers and prostitutes – no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be."
― R. D. Laing
Topic(s):
Society
More From R. D. Laing
- "The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds."
- "There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain."
- "Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."
More In Society
- "The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down."― Charles Caleb Colton
- "When you come in to court as a plaintiff or as a defendant, it is terribly important that you look up at the bench and feel that that person represents you and will understand you, that that person is reflective of our community and of our society."― Michael Bloomberg
- "Land: A part of the earth’s surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure."― Ambrose Bierce