Culture Quotes · Page 127

Hip-hop is more than music, it's a culture. It's bigger than hit songs.

— Nelly

“Civilization is faces, "appearances": when these collapse, civilization collapses as well.”

— Joyce Carol Oates

The tendency in today's culture is to want to be a 'star', but I want to be a servant.

— Jon Foreman

This is Staples. On a good day, we get to stay at the Marriott Courtyard. We have a frugal culture.

— Shira Goodman

I spent my whole life in Maryland, but I wanted to experience more - fighting to get to urban areas where there…

— Maggie Rogers

Philosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture that tries to skip it will never grow up.

— Thomas Nagel

“Culture is the sea we swim in - so pervasive, so all-consuming, that we fail to notice its existence until we step…

— Eric Weiner

Tribal designs are a part of my heritage. It boils down to the influences from my father, Viv Richards' side.

— Masaba Gupta

I put all the blame legally and morally on the actions of the terrorist, but America's secular and anti-Christian environment left us…

— Jerry Falwell

To further the appreciation of culture among all the people, to increase respect for the creative individual, to widen participation by all…

— John F. Kennedy

This goes to show how much of an impact culture has. Even in countries where online access is readily available, there may…

— Julie Sweet

A lot happened in Vancouver. It was my first Western experience. I learned English, which is my second language. I became very…

— Jason Wu

Hip-hop as a culture itself goes through stages. It grows - it's breathing, living. I've noticed that we usually start off conscious,…

— KRS-One

When I'm out hustling up new industries, I can offer Louisiana's many selling points. We have unmatched natural resources, a unique culture…

— Kathleen Blanco

One of the first things was I made Arlo [the Apatosaurus] a younger character. And then when I was that age (around…

— Peter Sohn

Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because…

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Culture is an abstraction; it cannot actually be seen or touched… We see people acting in agreed-upon ways in the face of…

— H. Ned Seelye

“The growth patterns of mushrooms are difficult to view since they come and go so quickly, appearing and disappearing overnight as if…

— John Rush

“When a man journeys into a far country, he must be prepared to forget many of the things he has learned, and…

— Jack London

Soil erosion is as old as agriculture. It began when the first heavy rain struck the first furrow turned by a crude…

— Hugh Hammond Bennett

Both companies have product ranges with world-class brands that complement each other perfectly. Our companies share a common culture and mission. By…

— Robert J. Eaton

I think poets are supposed to be writing for television and film. I grew up in the day of early TV that…

— Eileen Myles

It amazes me that we are all on Twitter and Facebook. By "we" I mean adults. We're adults, right? But emotionally we're…

— Marc Maron

There's a reason why trainspotters are not girls, there's a reason why there's the myth of the slightly autistic male genius, there's…

— Claire Messud

A universal ethos cannot be thought the property of any one culture.

— Prince Hassan bin Talal

Jay-Z and Kanye West are to authentic rap culture what diseased rates were to 14th century Europeans

— Dean Cavanagh

We live in a media culture and whoever controls and influences and uses media the best has the power for change.

— Paul Watson

We are a culture of people who've bought into the idea that if we stay busy enough, the truth of our lives…

— Brené Brown

I think America and Britain have a different culture from France. They discovered marketing and consumerism before France.

— Pierre Dukan

In my culture, whispering in the company of others is considered rude.

— Yolanda Hadid

You should always respect what you are and your culture because if your art is going to mean anything, that is where…

— Romare Bearden

Dining is the privilege of civilization. . . . The nation which knows how to dine has learnt the leading lesson of progress.

— Isabella Beeton

I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.

— Bong Joon-ho

I'm not defined by the workouts I do or the food I eat. I don't want to feed into that culture any…

— Zara McDermott

Black culture - we dance and sing. We're entertainers. James Brown said it best: the things we are make people want to…

— Mark Henry

We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture.

— William P. Leahy

A culture that doesn't respect half its population will never prosper.

— Wafa Sultan

Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.

— Pope John Paul II

“The heathen could only be eliminated as a force if their culture was completely erased.”

— Tariq Ali

I wish there were more kung fu films. They are a part of our culture.

— Sammo Hung