Culture Quotes · Page 100

“When civilization is strong and widespread enough, "culture" will appear and take care of itself.”

— John Lukacs

The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by a constant…

— Joseph Addison

Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.

— Charles Davenport

In our 21st-century celebrity culture, we seem to demand an all-or-nothing verdict on any departing figure of public stature.

— Tom Tancredo

We have not yet realized that the Indian and his culture were fundamental to the growth of Canadian institutions.

— Harold Innis

I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.

— Mos Def

“The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilisation is dead. Period.”

— Oriana Fallaci

For immigrant families, television is what connects you to American culture, but it's also what makes you feel like an outsider.

— Nahnatchka Khan

There are no pimps, no whores, no transvestites - gone. Now that's more the culture I'm comfortable in ... I don't like…

— Iggy Pop

It has become a cliché to announce that 'we live in a remix culture'... What was referred to in post-modern times as…

— Lev Manovich

I'm not really against a lot of things unless they are just pure exploitation and then they create their own copycat culture…

— John Leguizamo

[Two Evil Eyes] was shot in Pittsburgh, and that's where I was born and raised, so it was really nice to be…

— Julie Benz

As a working artist, I became increasingly aware of the patterns we see in the street and in America, becoming globalized in…

— Kehinde Wiley

To take full advantage of the potential in e-business, leaders must lead differently, and people must work together differently. Let's call this…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think…

— Fernando Alonso

The culture of any organisation determines its success. It's all about how people interact with each other and you can stimulate that…

— Eddie Howe

'Liberal Fascism' is less an expose of left-wing hypocrisy than a chance to exact political revenge. Yet, the title of his book…

— David Oshinsky

In terms of activism, the Trump-era transformation of news into entertainment has had a deep effect on the way that collegiate politics…

— Vanessa Grigoriadis

We need to relax more, not just as individuals but as whole societies and cultures. Times have changed. Biologically we need to…

— Kayla

When I speak of artistic universals, I am not denying the enormous role played by culture. Obviously culture plays a tremendous role,…

— Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Cultures in general are led by people who make decisions that are more geared toward what they want to see than what…

— RaMell Ross

I was looking for a new challenge and got an interest in trying to make a difference for families. You become more…

— Jim Jordan

The primary nature of every human being is to be open to life and love. Being guarded, armoured, distrustful and enclosed is…

— Alexander Lowen

We need to deal with three things that are important: first, we need a very deep reconsideration of how we are dealing…

— Tariq Ramadan

Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.

— Bob Cousy

Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.

— Dick Gregory

“A culture of vultures steeped and born of violence shall choke on the blood of its offspring.”

— T.F. Hodge

I think I was obsessed with the culture of riding. I got sick of having to date guys who rode motorcycles for…

— Katee Sackhoff

The global view of cultures is part of my nature. I want to break down the walls between genres, categories, or cultures.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

— Katherine Dunn

“What history gives us leaves upon us, on the contrary, the impression of decadence rather than of an advancing civilization.”

— Herman Bavinck

Positive thinking is so firmly enshrined in our culture that knocking it is a little like attacking motherhood or apple pie.

— Srikumar Rao

Great philosophers become immortal - they make undeniable impacts on culture.

— Criss Jami

The more intelligent our children, the better our lives and the richer our culture will be.

— Jacque Fresco

I think American audiences like gangster movies. It's part of the culture.

— Vincent Cassel

When I was a child, our whole family cooked. All my cousins cooked. All my aunts and uncles cooked. It was part…

— Mario Batali

I don't think about the money side. I just think about how I can create a culture of winning.

— Penny Hardaway

Without exception, the dominance and coherence of culture proved to be an essential quality of the excellent companies.

— Tom Peters

The fear of blacks has become the dirty little secret of our political culture.

— Norman Podhoretz

These atheist cultures were certainly diligent in preserving the relics of their saints.

— Elizabeth Kostova