I think the more you understand myths, the more you understand the roots of our culture and the more things will resonate.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The Neapolitan novels have a lot of references to things outside, to things of the world, to culture, politics, the city of… — Ann Goldstein Copy Share Image
Sexual love is a troubled and problematic relationship in cultures where there is a strong sense of man's separation from nature, especially… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
I like to be buttoned onto tradition. The thing is to improve it, twist it and mold it; to make something new… — Philip Johnson Copy Share Image
As soon as you set yourself up in the position of transferring paint from one place to another, your whole culture invades… — Milton Resnick Copy Share Image
The problem with my peers is they don't understand television. You have to work within the confines of what executives will allow… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
“In order to validate our Africanness, we hold on to tradition at all cost, banning critical engagement in an attempt to preserve… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
For all of its well-deserved reputation for pragmatism, American popular culture frequently nurtures or at least tolerates preposterous views and theories. Witness… — Michael Hayden Copy Share Image
For me, to take a movie and travel the world and go and work with these cultures and an international cast and… — Tom Cruise Copy Share Image
There is an elementary aspiration which undergirds the humane impulse in our history and our culture and binds us together as political… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
“Beauty" and sexuality are both commonly misunderstood as some transcendent inevitable fact; falsely interlocking the two makes it seem doubly true that… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
My films are expressive of a culture that has had the possibility of attaining material fulfillment while at the same time finding… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
The turn of the century was the lowest point for the devastation of Indian culture by disease and persecution, and it's a… — N. Scott Momaday Copy Share Image
“Asking men to cut away their “feminine” traits asks them to cut away half their humanity, just as asking women to suppress… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
In a country like India, we don't want to put everyone in one big mixture. We have a different language, culture and… — Kabir Bedi Copy Share Image
“Tradition may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The disintegration of the culture starts with the artist. I'm on a crusade to turn the tide in the arts, to restore… — Thomas Kinkade Copy Share Image
Up until the 17th century, Germany was far more advanced, but then everything devastated by the 30 Years War began to fall… — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
I am proud of my heritage and have happily taken advantage of every opportunity to educate my teammates and Steeler Nation about… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
What matters is what you do. And this runs counter to what a lot of the culture teaches people about putting feelings… — Eric Greitens Copy Share Image
The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the… — Bernard Pivot Copy Share Image
Wherever you've got a migrant culture, the food evolves and in New Orleans it's that French and Spanish influence. So you get… — Dave Myers Copy Share Image
I believe that doing the right thing will not only create the best culture and the best product, but you'll also make… — Adam Neumann Copy Share Image
You can't avoid the conversation of diversity and remembering that diversity goes beyond race and culture. It goes into gender and sexual… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
The pop culture tends to go to the lowest denominator, so cinema is in a weird place, due to its mass nature.… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
war has dug itself into economic systems, where it offers a livelihood to millions ... It has lodged in our souls as… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
I remember always going to the train station where I grew up, and on the wall was written, 'The real wealth of… — Vincent Kompany Copy Share Image
The description you have been given of the world is an aberrant one. It does not accept and give proper place to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Tradition is the code that keeps change in lock. If you refuse change, you are likely to rust and guess the cause;… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
In order for humanity to survive in the twenty-first century and beyond, we must nurture rather than repress children's natural curiosity. We… — Paul K. Chappell Copy Share Image
All movies are alchemy and time is one of the ingredients that goes into the alchemy. You want the time to be… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
The natural world is the only one we have. To try to not see the natural world - to put on blinders… — Rick Bass Copy Share Image
Our democratic culture does not prioritise protecting an individual's right to live life her way, especially if that is not our way… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
When I was younger I didn't feel I was represented in popular culture - you couldn't get a brown doll in the… — Mandip Gill Copy Share Image
The pro skaters I know are responsible members of society. Many of them are fathers, homeowners, world travelers and successful entrepreneurs. Their… — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
There's so much culture in Tampa - whenever people think about Florida, they only think about, like, Miami, but Tampa has so… — Doechii Copy Share Image
If any of my plays outlive me or get on library book shelves and somehow stay read, all of a sudden it's… — Quiara Alegria Hudes Copy Share Image
“Everyone reads, everyone hears things discussed. Consequently, if you do not listen to Theology, that will not mean that you have no… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“WORK RULES…FOR BUILDING A GREAT CULTURE Think of your work as a calling, with a mission that matters. Give people slightly more… — Laszlo Bock Copy Share Image
