Quotes tagged with "society" (best)

Knuckleduster: He puts on a mask and becomes someone else. You run into guys like that now and then. They put on a mask or a disguise, and they're convinced they're no longer their usual selves. They think they're some unbeatable superman. Guys like that are trouble, because they ignore social mores and their own safety when they come at you. But they're also fragile when you come at them. "I'm just a flesh-and-blood human too, in the end." Someone who's forgotten that ultimately doesn't have much resolve.

Ohta: School's just a warm-up for the real world. A lot of idiots think they've won simply by getting into a top school, but the race doesn't start until you get out into the world — and what counts is staying true to yourself as you run that marathon.

Lyserg Diethel: There are lots of people in this world on whom no logic will work. I think the wicked people in society are the ones who won't reflect on their actions after hurting others. The incorrigibly wicked ought to be put to death.

Iron Maiden Jeanne: Laws are rules for life itself. They are natural and inherent to the universe. The pheasant chick who doesn't heed his mother's word cannot sense danger and will be taken by the hawk. The wicked bloodline of the wolf who abandons mother and cubs will end when those cubs starve to death. In nature, those who break the rules are in the wrong and are doomed. However, human society has become complicated, and people can no longer entrust themselves to nature's providence. That's why they need laws. Absolute laws, divinely enforced. In the 1700 BCE, the human race's first laws were handed down by our God of Justice, Shamash.

Ko Yamori: I'm still a kid. I don't know how the adult world works. I know there are a lot of things I don't understand yet. But this isn't normal adult stuff. Is it? You can't let your boss push you around any time of the day or night! It's 2:00 A.M.! And if we don't fit in, we might as well have fun, right?

Ryuji Ayukawa: If I have to be whatever society's definition of "acceptable" is... I would die.