Culture Quotes · Page 104

A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very…

— Iain Banks

thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.

— Isaac Watts

Around the world today people are spontaneously spawning a culture dedicated to creating conditions conducive to life.

— Kenny Ausubel

Awards nights are a part of our modern culture; they're part of what we do.

— Asher Keddie

Politics is chiefly a function of culture, at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion.

— Richard John Neuhaus

Universities are the custodians not only of the many cultures of man, but of the rational process itself.

— Anonymous

I'm here to inspire young people to be part of the most magnificent culture on earth: hip-hop.

— KRS-One

When in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral.

— Vincent de Paul

I sincerely want to help create beauty in the world and move a culture of separateness back towards community. I really, really…

— Andrew Garfield

I worry about a culture that devalues life and believe as your president I have an important obligation to foster and encourage…

— George W. Bush

I've always liked Southeast Asia a lot. It's a wonderful place, an easy place. People are great, there's a lot of history…

— Matt Dillon

Colombian culture has had a huge influence on me and taught me a different way of looking at things - I was…

— Kali Uchis

The Disney tradition - number one, it's a great American classic tradition - and it's something where you don't want to go…

— Alan Menken

My whole access into culture was violent. Violence is something I understand. Don't like it, don't condone it, but I sure understand…

— Henry Rollins

Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want…

— Jet Li

I grew up on a farm, and we didn't have cable and only limited radio stations, so I wasn't inundated with culture…

— Chuck Klosterman

We get letters a few times a year from people that write papers on the show. You know, like, 'Oh, my psychology…

— James Murray

Myth was regarded as primary; it was concerned with what was thought to be timeless and constant in our existence. Myth looked…

— Karen Armstrong

“We can't surrender to the culture. We've minimized the role of fathers, so we've created a generation of barbarians, children who become…

— Randy Alcorn

Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome…

— Paulo Coelho

The idea that we live in a post-modern culture is a myth. In fact a post-modern culture is an impossibility; it would…

— William Lane Craig

“I should go so far as to say that embedded in the surrealistic frame of a television news show is a theory…

— Neil Postman

We will put an end to the culture of corruption that has allowed billionaires like Trump to evade taxation and exploit tax…

— Zohran Mamdani

Fear is not a motivating factor. You might be able to get a little bit more out of someone in the short…

— Mindy Grossman

If different cultures connect with each other, they are less likely to want to shoot each other.

— Tim Berners-Lee

I think everyone is very surprised at how 'Matrix' has become the pop culture phenomenon that it is.

— Laurence Fishburne

“Customs of the Egyptians.       Chapter I. Concerning The Kings And”

— Charles Rollin

Person, who could not go through the change of ages and got stuck in the old times, is like a fish thrown…

— Ilkin Santak

Ritual is important to us as human beings. It ties us to our traditions and our histories.

— Miller Williams

Your understanding of culture can be very skewed sometimes, depending on what you're taking in!

— Hiro Murai

The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government.

— Chuck D

Whether we're talking about race or gender or class, popular culture is where the pedagogy is, it's where the learning is.

— Bell Hooks

The arts bridge cultures; they're good for the economy, and they're good for fostering empathy and decency.

— Julie Andrews

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.

— Max Eastman

“Living in another culture, not just visiting it, has reshaped our view of the world.”

— Nancy Petralia

“The culture of a startup is that you’re on a mission, not just doing a job.”

— Jeffrey Bussgang

In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.

— Tadao Ando

Monsters almost always are culture's way of working out their fears and are thus inherently incredibly interesting and powerful.

— Catherynne M. Valente

The drug culture has shaped at least one major change since the Sixties; It became the basis for overloading our prisons.

— Jimmy Carter

“In this huge old occidental culture our teaching elders are books. Books are our grandparents!”

— Gary Snyder