Culture Quotes
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We had the great classical culture on the one side. And on the other, we had Arnold Schwarzenegger and the popular culture. These were the two poles for us, but we're not allowed to use his name any more. (Quote by - Thomas Rajakovics)
No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)
Culture is a window reflecting the history, culture and spiritual world of a nation, .. Cultural exchange is a bridge to enhance the mutual understanding and friendship between the people of different nations. (Quote by - Hu Jintao)
I moved here when I was 20 to go to college. After I moved here, I became much more aware of the importance of the culture and literature to my life. Sometimes when you're immersed in something, you just don't notice it very much. Moving away makes you appreciate your culture. Living here, I've thought more and more about India, and what being Indian-American means to me. And it's made me incorporate things from Indian literature into my own writing. (Quote by - Chitra Divakaruni)
Despite the cultural boundaries, it was easier to live overseas. They would go out of their way to help me. I learned a lot from their culture, and they have a lot that America lacks. (Quote by - Carolyn Lund)
I don't want her to feel like she's missed out on a piece of her culture. I just want her to be who she is, not push it or hinder it. And we're a part of her family now, so in a way she's adopted us and we're part of the Asian culture too. (Quote by - Kim Gray)
Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures. (Quote by - Cesar Chavez)
No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive. (Quote by - Mahatma Gandhi)
As the end of the century approaches, all our culture is like the culture of flies at the beginning of winter. Having lost their agility, dreamy and demented, they turn slowly about the window in the first icy mists of morning. They give themselves a last wash and brush-up, their oscillated eyes roll, and they fall down the curtains. (Quote by - Jean Baudrillard)
Ads and logos are our shared global culture and language, and people are insisting on the right to use that language, to reformulate it in the way that artists and writers always do with cultural material,. (Quote by - Naomi Klein)
Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization is transformed; the culture reflects the realities of people working together every day. (Quote by - Frances Hesselbein)
We came here to learn how to keep our culture protected. Czechs keep their culture. Not like America. (Quote by - Mohamed Bakr)
Here in the U.S. culture is not that delicious panacea which we Europeans consume in a sacramental mental space and which has its own special columns in the newspapers -- and in people's minds. Culture is space, speed, cinema, technology. This culture is authentic, if anything can be said to be authentic. (Quote by - Jean Baudrillard)
It's curious how this parallels what goes on in academia. In academic fields like cultural studies, there's a lot of emphasis placed on finding and celebrating instances of audience "counter-hegemony" or audience "agency" instances of people not acting in the way that TV or the culture industry tells them to - the idea being that people really do have free will. (Quote by - Thomas Frank)
So far we seem to be off to a very good start. Clearly the two companies have different cultures but these cultures are proving to be compatible. (Quote by - Eric Benhamou)
For my thesis for my master's degree, I'm seeking to understand the American culture and the Mexican culture, and finding ways to do business to benefit the two cultures. (Quote by - Jose Rivera)
Much of the rest of the world has already learned some English. They pretty much understand the American way of doing things, because our culture has been ubiquitous and has been the 500-pound gorilla in the global economy. But the world is far more interrelated than ever before, and no one culture can thrive without the knowledge of how to function in other cultures. (Quote by - Dean Foster)
I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope. (Quote by - Natalie Merchant)
When you're working at being relevant you're acknowledging that you've somehow been left behind. And I think we have to go beyond relevance to creativity. Instead of reacting and responding to culture we should be creating culture. (Quote by - Contributed by: Michelle)
embracing Ray because they saw he occupied a beautiful quasi place - not of the L.A. art world but in tune with it - and because he was also more truly L.A. than almost anyone, I mean in terms of beach culture, lower-middle-class white culture. Most artists here come from elsewhere. Ray is the real McCoy. (Quote by - Paul Schimmel)
It's very clear that she has been a part of this culture in Springfield, a part of the whole culture of corruption that has been pervasive in this state. (Quote by - Jim Oberweis)
When we, through our educational culture, through the media, through the entertainment culture, give our children the impression that human beings cannot control their passions, we are telling them, in effect, that human beings cannot be trusted with freedom. (Quote by - Alan Keyes)
The protection of intangible cultural heritage and maintaining the continuity of the national culture constitute an essential cultural base for enhancing cohesion in the nation. (Quote by - Li Changchun)
Priests, like all of us, are affected by culture, .. When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm. (Quote by - Rick Santorum)
It all starts with a commitment to get it right in the eyes of our native advisers and native communities, .. We want to present the material in a way that connects to people and helps them understand native cultures, builds cultural sensitivity, builds cultural awareness and makes them want to go beyond what they've seen. (Quote by - Frank Goodyear)
In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not DNA. (Quote by - Gregory Bateson)
Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. (Quote by - Jawaharlal Nehru)
I've never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the cliches of cultures they know nothing about. (Quote by - Brad Holland)
Video game culture is youth culture – and so is music. With our unique network of more than 500 game centers, we offer a direct link to a viral community of young people who are equally passionate about music and interactive entertainment. (Quote by - Mark Nielsen)
The topic will allow speakers and guests to explore two aspects of Southern culture, blues music and religion, that have historically crossed paths and remain a vital part of the curriculum at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture. (Quote by - Mark Camarigg)
Our attitude toward our own culture has recently been characterized by two qualities, braggadocio and petulance. Braggadocio -- empty boasting of American power, American virtue, American know-how -- has dominated our foreign relations now for some decades. Here at home -- within the family, so to speak -- our attitude to our culture expresses a superficially different spirit, the spirit of petulance. Never before, perhaps, has a culture been so fragmented into groups, each full of its own virtue, each annoyed and irritated at the others. (Quote by - Daniel J. Boorstin)
The workshop talks about cultural diversity, cultural differences and the differences and similarities between what we're taught as children. (Quote by - Leslie James)
We are so glad so many people are interested and would like to perform Chinese culture. I like the diversity and open-mindedness and cultural interaction on campus. I've enjoyed the whole process of preparation. We've made it very interesting and creative. Hopefully people will come and celebrate our culture and make friends with the Chinese. (Quote by - Guo Yan)
Culture and, within culture, music are the best and most fascinating thing that the German capital has to offer internationally. It is putting that at risk. (Quote by - Simon Rattle)
This is what Baylor is all about, .. This is 2012 and it implements faculty expertise and it allows students to experience international culture, not only that, but a culture within a culture. (Quote by - David Garrett)
We were looking for a unique cultural experience for the kids, a soccer culture, someplace where soccer is it, and soccer is definitely it in Italy. (Quote by - Wayne Quinlan)
Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart. (Quote by - Mahatma Gandhi)
But all these are on a civil level and spontaneous, the work of mavericks. Such civil culture is often regarded as sub-mainstream, sub-culture, wild and sometimes dangerous so it is pushed aside instead of getting adequate approval. (Quote by - Cui Zi'en)
It's that age-old debate of whether movies reflect the culture or whether they shape the culture. I don't know the answer. (Quote by - Michael Taylor)
The biggest collapse is the culture of lies and the culture of the media's glorifying regimes. (Quote by - Abdel Rahman)
Sri Lanka is our country. Our culture, our race, our people. Sometimes we forget this, forget that greatness can also be achieved in our Motherland. Our Motherland, what it means to us and how we can make it better. We chase that elusive dream, the white picket fenced house, which is not ours, some white-man in the west goes to sleep and wakes up thinking about it. And we foolishly dream his dream. When can we ever shred the noose of our colonial masters?. (Quote by - Dhammika Dharmawardhane)
This is about respect for our culture. The New Year is the most important festival in our culture, and that needs to be acknowledged. (Quote by - Henry Lau)
A lot of times those chiefs are people's impressions of what our culture looks like. They are looking for a glimpse into Cherokee culture .. I would like for the chiefs to be ambassadors and represent our culture better, with historical Cherokee clothing. (Quote by - Paula Nelson)
Culture is one thing and varnish is another. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all. (Quote by - Henry Ward Beecher)
The idea of the festival is to celebrate our culture and our relationship with the natural world and examine how this has influenced our art, music, dance and history over the years. This free festival is a way to celebrate spring, our culture and the many resources of this region. (Quote by - Eriks Janelsins)
I don't think people should look for much to be different. It's a culture that started many, many years ago. It's a culture familiar to me since I joined the company, now almost 32 years ago. (Quote by - Rex Tillerson)
What the terrorists have done has caused us to take an assessment of what's important, .. I have been concerned for too long about a culture that says if it feels good just go ahead and do it. I believe that this nation is strong enough, and focused enough, and dedicated enough to usher in a culture that says each of us is responsible for the decisions we make in life. (Quote by - Laura Bush)
In the sense that mainstream culture is moving toward our end of culture, that may be the case. The Kimmel Center may call us about a performer. What we love and what we present does not change. We're still looking for garage bands in Prague. We're looking for wacky stuff all over the world. The only difference is now I can stay in a hotel. (Quote by - Nick Stuccio)
The No. 1 thing circulating in my head regarding Katrina's impact on the community, is how they will impact our city and how their culture will affect ours, .. We gave them a lot, but they came with a lot, not in possessions, but in their hearts, and their souls and their culture. I want people to see our new neighbors as new assets to our community. This will be great for our city. (Quote by - Beverly Williams)
Steel was so big here, and steel was so important for so long, that the region never had the need to develop the culture of personal entrepreneurship that comes so naturally to many communities on the West Coast. Business in Pittsburgh meant 'Big Business,' and 'Big Business' was the job of men who went downtown in the morning and ran the world. .. There's a CEO mentality to Pittsburgh, not an entrepreneurial culture. And I think that the mentality holds the region back economically. (Quote by - Michael Madison)
The culture around here is much less cutthroat than it is in, say, Silicon Valley, or even within the non-profit culture in D.C.. (Quote by - Ethan Zuckerman)
Based on our fieldwork, we have found that almost all the features of traditional cliff cave dwelling coincide with modern sustainable design principles. These cave dwellings reflect a core concept of Chinese culture?being in harmony with nature. They are the result of a people's adaptation to their environment with limited natural and technological resources. The people and their culture survived here for hundreds of years without leaving heavy marks on the environment. (Quote by - Jiang Lu)
Another special thing about our bridal show is that we are incorporating cultural wedding traditions into our activities. Greek, African, Pacific Islander, Jewish, Asian and Hispanic cultures will be showcased, because they are traditions that can be shared by all cultures. You don't have to be a member of the African American community to jump over a broom. (Quote by - Florence Belcher)
No great, inspiring culture of the future can be built upon the moral principle of relativism. For at its bottom such a culture holds that nothing is better than anything else, and that all things are in themselves equally meaningless. Except for the fragments of faith (in progress, in compassion, in conscience, in hope) to which it still clings, illegitimately, such a culture teaches every one of its children that life is a tale told by an idiot, signifying nothing. (Quote by - Michael Novak)
And two, boys in this culture, and in all cultures all around the world, one of the most humbling things in the world is to be beaten by a girl, or a woman, in anything. I think he articulated that. (Quote by - Martha Burk)
Managers can't manage diverse cultures successfully until they understand what culture is and know their own culture. (Quote by - Romie Littrell)
Your character is depend on your culture and your friendship. (Quote by - Ankur Patel)
There is a Canadian culture that is in some ways unique to Canada, but I don't think Canadian culture coincides neatly with borders. (Quote by - Stephen Harper)
One is that it could have been inspired by Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, which exploited Native-American culture. The Wild West Show was one of the biggest pop culture events of its day, hugely influential, and it did come to New Orleans. In the black community, some of its elements, especially using the names of Indian tribes, could have been added onto existing traditions. (Quote by - Ben Sandmel)
The end of culture is right living. (Quote by - W. Somerset Maugham)
Taking stock of the factors people think are crucial to being an American might be instructive if only to offer a glimpse of the cultural values that Americans ascribe to their culture. The report represents the public's tension between celebrating cultural diversity and encouraging immigrant groups to 'blend in.' One person's display of cultural pride is another person's refusal to culturally assimilate. (Quote by - Kareem Crayton)
This was really interesting. They?re like walking history books. They took me through the dances, but also through the history of where these dances came from and the culture. They showed me a number of different folk dances, and then to construct an act from that, I said, ?Let?s take this from this one and this from that one,? and they said, ?no, no, we can?t do that. It?s not part of our culture.? It?s like taking two things that don?t fit together. So we examined different ways of doing that, and we found a way. Then in the end, they saw it and were like, ?Wow. It really works.? They felt like they were creating their own cultural dances. It?s amazing to watch those kinds of things happen in front of their eyes. (Quote by - Michael Montanaro)
It's good to not just live inside your own little box. Even though I want her to embrace her Asian culture, I want her to also embrace all cultures. I don't want her to identify herself solely as an Asian person. The world is a segregated world, but we're all the same, we're all God's children. (Quote by - Kim Gray)
Our cultural tourism industry was a $9 billion industry in the state before the storms hit. We led the nation in utilizing our culture. (Quote by - Gerard Perron)
France, and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing though is that people there know how to live! In America they've forgotten all about it. I'm afraid that the American culture is a disaster. (Quote by - Johnny Depp)
Culture, with us, ends in headache. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
The biggest challenge in embracing a new culture is letting go of my previous values and welcoming new ones. Acceptance of another culture involves curiosity and taking risks. (Quote by - John Soka)
Judaism is a civilization. It has history, culture, literature. It has jokes, .. Part of any civilization is its religious beliefs, and so part of Judaism is the religion of the Jew, but they are not the same thing. We're looking at the ways in which a person who is Jewish by birth, civilization, culture, context and family may look at things differently from the way a person who is Catholic and lives down the road may see them. (Quote by - Charles Isbell)
If everybody is looking for it, then nobody is finding it. If we were cultured, we would not be conscious of lacking culture. We would regard it as something natural and would not make so much fuss about it. And if we knew the real value of this word we would be cultured enough not to give it so much importance. (Quote by - Pablo Picasso)
It raises questions about our culture. Sometimes things are percolating through our lives and it's hard to make sense of them. Because it's not an event, it is something that happens culturally. (Quote by - Steve Pierce)
What "multiculturalism" boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture. (Quote by - Thomas Sowell)
I think that's always how it's been, .. I certainly didn't invent it. Look at the people who are kind of the funniest cultures, they're the cultures of the people who have been the most oppressed, black people and Jews. Not that they're the only funny people, but culturally, it comes from the pain, you know?. (Quote by - Sarah Silverman)
Perfection will never truly complete without efforts to improve ourself in achieving the highest culture and civilization. (Quote by - )
Pop culture knowledge is kind of like the new social currency for America. If you ask most people who the mayor of San Francisco is, they won't know. But if you ask them what the 'San Francisco treat' is, 99 percent of them will know it. We are a culture that loves things that are unimportant. (Quote by - Rob Daviau)
This celebration means a lot to me because I owe all in my life to the cultural heritage I came from, specifically Cuban American but also Hispanic American. What gets you through the daily struggle of pursuing that dream is rooted in cultural heritage. (Quote by - Andy Garcia)
People will point the finger at the U.S. and go on about those wacky Americans and their wacky gun culture. That is a real easy way of diverting attention from the real problems the gang culture presents. (Quote by - John Thompson)
Tea culture has a long history in China and is an inseparable part of China's traditional culture. (Quote by - Song Shaoxiang)
Since we live in India, it is important for us and our children to know and learn as much as possible about India and its culture. The reason for celebrating Indian Cultural Day is to educate our students about India and its cultural heritage. (Quote by - Toru Kikuchi)
Part of my surprise is that British culture is much more aligned with American and Australian culture, and this is a cultural and social issue, not a financial issue. Part of my surprise is that Wimbledon is the last one standing. (Quote by - Larry Scott)
Culture change takes time, and NASA's culture is definitely improving. Based on its success, the change method is now being taken to each center agency-wide. (Quote by - Thomas Krause)
The hard truth is that what may be acceptable in elite culture may not be acceptable in mass culture, that tastes which pose only innocent ethical issues as the property of a minority become corrupting when they become more established. Taste is context, and the context has changed. (Quote by - Susan Sontag)
Culture's worth huge, huge risks. Without culture we're all totalitarian beasts. (Quote by - Norman Mailer)
Culture sets apart man from barbarian, but not in all regards. (Quote by - Mariana Fulger)
The goal of the class is for students to leave with not only an understanding, but also an appreciation for people in other cultures than their own by becoming aware of similarities and differences between cultures. (Quote by - Patricia Dunn)
It's a cross-cultural experience. Latin Americans come to learn more about their culture and also about North America. Non Latin Americans come to learn more about the Latin American culture. (Quote by - Pepe Santana)
There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization. (Quote by - Steven Pinker)
This is the greatest damage to and loss of cultural institutions and cultural patrimony in the history of the country. (Quote by - Ed Able)
So we have a culture ? and one could say it's an advanced form of maritime culture ? that we've had here in New England for a couple hundred years. (Quote by - Tony Sheridan)
For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal. (Quote by - Carl Bernstein)
If there's a message from this, it's all about culture. It took a lot of years and hard work, but we've created a culture of entrepreneurship here. (Quote by - Michael Wacholder)
As minorities, it is always our dream to merge our cultures and showcase to the world the talent that comes from both Latin music and Hip-Hop, .. I hope that together,we can create a new cultural movement that unites these audiences. (Quote by - Emilio Estefan)
We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which every society has bubbling beneath the surface and which can provide harmless fun; but the culture itself. For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal. (Quote by - Carl Bernstein)
It's not just the players' culture and coaches' culture that needs to change. It's the officiating culture as well because accepted practices in the past will no longer be accepted. (Quote by - Stephen Walkom)
Two half-truths do not make a truth, and two half-cultures do not make a culture. (Quote by - Arthur Koestler)
Taylor is being honored as an extraordinary human being, musician and humanitarian who has made a global impact on music and culture, .. As the quintessential singer/songwriter, he embodies the creative spirit that is the hallmark of our finest and most enduring musical icons. His impact on the music and culture of our era has been enormous. (Quote by - Neil Portnow)
The Board of Inquiry report fails to recognize that the central problem in the Los Angeles Police Department is the culture. The reality is there will not be meaningful reform in the Los Angeles Police Department until the culture is changed. (Quote by - Erwin Chemerinsky)
Folk culture workers should fully tap the rich resources in the country and carry forward the fine traditions to strive for the prosperity of folk culture. (Quote by - Liu Yunshan)
I think part of what people are responding to with Lambeau Field is that it's a solid culture. There's so much committed to what hockey means and that's how we feel about football. It's just a great connection between the culture of football and the culture of hockey. (Quote by - John Jones)
The purpose of the scholarship is to bridge the (culture) gap. I know he will bring our culture to Australia, and some of their culture back to us. When we interviewed him, Ted had that international flair (that the Rotary Club looks for). I have watched him grow from a shy man into a leader and confident young man. (Quote by - Ann Kennedy)
What culture lacks is the taste for anonymous, innumerable germination. Culture is smitten with counting and measuring; it feels out of place and uncomfortable with the innumerable; its efforts tend, on the contrary, to limit the numbers in all domains; it tries to count on its fingers. (Quote by - Jean Dubuffet)
Language and culture cannot be separated. Language is vital to understanding our unique cultural perspectives. Language is a tool that is used to explore and experience our cultures and the perspectives that are embedded in our cultures. (Quote by - Buffy Sainte-Marie)
The culture and the spirit of the community and the French culture. And the dancing, of course. But really, the culture. (Quote by - Patti Thomas)
Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why. (Quote by - Henry Van Dyke)
Anybody who watches the show, no matter what their culture, will hopefully have a desire to learn about their own culture and represent it well. (Quote by - Janielle Christensen)
We want to highlight everything that is a part of the mountain culture - from culture, to environment, to adrenaline, to something humorous and quirky - and something to cater to the Fort Collins community. (Quote by - Rodney Ley)
went back to our old culture, the Latino culture. (Quote by - Dolores Huerta)
The goal is to create in the culture passion among kids to do something. I think the trouble is our culture does create a passion for kids, but their passion is related to one of two industries: entertainment or sports. (Quote by - Dean Kamen)
This is how to understand America. So having the Museum of African American History and Culture on the mall, surrounded by the other museums, will make African-American culture central to all Americans. (Quote by - Lonnie Bunch)
Sept. 29, 2005 --Instead of poking around tribal villages in Papua New Guinea or Amazonian rain forests, cultural anthropologists are invading suburbs and cities to find out how people use products while eating meals, working in the office, and even while driving. We live in a culture where knowing your customers one by one as individuals is more important than ever before, .. Large mass demographic trends are no longer as predictive as they once were because the marketplace is too diversified. (Quote by - Ross Goldstein)
We realize that as it is, the culture of Spring Fling is unsustainable, and this gives students the opportunity to somewhat rein in that culture. (Quote by - Jake Chanin)
Anybody who cares about the culture they are living in. There is a tremendous disconnect between regular, ordinary Americans who live in the middle of the country and what Tom Wolfe calls the 'blue parentheses' on both coasts Culture has gotten too angry, mean and vulgar. (Quote by - Bernard Goldberg)
