"There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it." ― Roland Barthes Topic(s): Society More From Roland Barthes "Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive." More In Society "Sooner or later, we sell out for money."― Tony Randall "The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it."― John Updike "Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future."― Brian Tracy