Culture Quotes · Page 103

In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body - it is heritage.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

We really had boundless optimism about the place of music in the culture - and in the world.

— Nancy Wilson

“Japan never considers time together as time wasted. Rather, it is time invested.”

— Donald Richie

Culture makes the whole world our dwelling place; our palace in which we take our ease and find ourselves at one with…

— John Lancaster Spalding

The splendors of earth do not simply lie in their roles as human resources, supports of culture, or stimulators of experience.

— Holmes Rolston III

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

— Oriana Fallaci

When the state cannot raise people as scientists, it raises people as martyrs.

— Ilkin Santak

In addition to the research, I enjoyed learning French and assimilating the culture of another country.

— James Cronin

That's America for you - a red herring culture, always scared of the wrong things. The fact is, there are a lot…

— Bill Maher

London has this culture of the theatre that is so big, it was a like a dream - but I never had…

— Elena Roger

I travel a lot. Japanese culture is very ancient and very strong. That's why most people who commission work from Japanese architects…

— Shigeru Ban

In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine…

— Steven Pinker

Culture as art is the peak expression of man's creativity, his capacity to break out of nature's narrow bounds, and hence out…

— Allan Bloom

The core of common culture is religion. Tribes survive and flourish because they have gods, who fuse many wills into a single…

— Roger Scruton

In most organizational change efforts, it is much easier to draw on the strengths of the culture than to overcome the constraints…

— Edgar Schein

Through my youth, there was imposed on us a culture relentlessly English. English books were all you could buy; English television filled…

— Richard Flanagan

“Fine buildings, fine pictures and books and everything that is beautiful are certainly signs of civilization. But an even better sign is…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

I think it's not an easy task because there's not enough Latino writers that are being given opportunities to write things -…

— Karla Souza

It's hard to pick. I mean, I think the one that is most emblematic of the collaboration that occurred is "We Know…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

The culture of the United States has flooded the world. It's the inevitable result of a powerful culture, art. We've got an…

— Arthur Miller

That's why we sail. So our children can grow up and be proud of whom they are. We are healing our souls…

— Nainoa Thompson

I think it's important for everyone to understand that if you have a background and culture... to really use that as motivation…

— Patty Mills

I'm not trying to explain other cultures, or to give a fair and balanced account of a country, or the top ten…

— Anthony Bourdain

It seemed [there are] musical nodes on the planet where cultures meet and mix, sometimes as a result of unfortunate circumstances, like…

— David Byrne

I really miss Melbourne food; Melbourne is very snobbish about their caffe culture, and I feel like I've become a snob, too.

— Angourie Rice

In design-led organizations, design permeates every initiative and expression. It's embedded in the culture.

— Debbie Millman

I went to school for economics, and especially in Asian culture it's not really a viable job for my family to be…

— Jimmy O. Yang

A solid process lays the foundation for a healthy culture, one where ideas are evaluated by merit and not by job title.

— Eric Ries

To live in a culture in which women are routinely naked where men aren't is to learn inequality in little ways all…

— Naomi Wolf

We cannot abandon this rabbit hole for fear of a traumatic encounter with our own culture.

— Anonymous

The culture of tech companies cannot change if women aren't in the room.

— Reshma Saujani

The achievement of excellence can only occur if the organization promotes a culture of creative dissatisfaction.

— Lawrence M. Miller

If you let culture make tolerance the preeminent virtue, pretty soon you won't have anything else.

— George Marsden

Everything is arranged so that it be this way, this is what is called culture.

— Jacques Derrida

“for what is to be done is not for police or of the customs. It must be done by us alone and…

— Bram Stoker

At the restaurant we cook with a respect to the native culture of Australia whilst still respecting and embracing settlement.

— Jock Zonfrillo

I love having different cultures around, but when the parent culture kind of dissipates, you're left thinking, 'Well, what's going on?'

— John Cleese

I feel comfortable in places like London. You get many cultures in L.A. but it's strangely segregated.

— Sandra Oh

“The cleanest civilization I’ve ever seen…and the number one thing you pack for a wedding is a jar of dirt?”

— M.A. George

You have to stay true to your heritage; that's what your brand is about.

— Alice Temperley