Culture Quotes · Page 70

I think that, on the one hand, our audience, our culture is so savvy now to an assumption that teaser effects are…

— Shawn Anthony Levy

One task of literature is to formulate questions and construct counterstatements to the reigning pieties. And even when art is not oppositional,…

— Susan Sontag

Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.

— Jim Leach

It's been a concern of mine for years that the mainstream media coverage of culture and politics takes place in two nodes,…

— Walter Kirn

And finally, there is another danger: the emergence of nonideological but very aggressive 'isms,' which are really quite new. Let me at…

— Vaclav Klaus

Every culture is different in terms of what is taboo and what is acceptable. I grew up in Singapore, where people are…

— Ng Chin Han

I've long been interested in looking at the culture of consumerism and also was interested in this connection between the American dream…

— Lauren Greenfield

“Institutions or products of culture. But they formalize a set of norms.”

— Niall Ferguson

We have a unique culture.

— Ajay Piramal

“Gay diversity is like the Village People. You can all wear different stupid outfits as long as you sing the same stupid…

— Jack Malebranche

The process by which civilization, as an abstract entity distinct from the societies in which it is embodied, dies or is reborn…

— Carroll Quigley

Drag Race' is a huge opportunity for us to elevate drag culture, to tell our stories. It really is a career-maker.

— Violet Chachki

As we progress along the intercultural journey, we become self-reflective about habits of heart and mind and the ways these are expressed…

— H. Ned Seelye

English tradition debars from dinner-table conversation almost all topics that might interest the conversers and insists upon strict adherence to banalities.

— Elspeth Huxley

By giving our audience intimate access to the lives of musicians, we hope to raise awareness of the region's beautiful cultural heritage…

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

There's a lot of creativity in the industry, but I don't necessarily think that the most creative DJs or producers are always…

— Flume

I think it is important for children to read different things to find out about their emotions and other people's emotions. It…

— Quentin Blake

The culture at Valve is pretty much crowdsourced. The handbook is a wiki. One of the first things we say to new…

— Gabe Newell

“It doesn't matter what they take away from you, they can never take the culture you have in your head. [Alfons Lasker,…

— Kate Kennedy

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

— Steven Pinker

The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be…

— Mary Douglas

Let us join our efforts toward building the unshakable foundations for a culture of peace.

— Daisaku Ikeda

“But there is no doubt that to attempt a novel of ideas is to give oneself a handicap: the parochialism of our…

— Doris Lessing

China has been a textbook case of how the government did just enough intervention to increase penetration, but the reality is that…

— Michael Clarke Duncan

When a customer asks what no one else has ever asked, pay close attention.

— Ron Kaufman

There is this peculiar blind spot in the culture of academic medicine around whether withholding trial results is research misconduct. People who…

— Ben Goldacre

We're used to saying that women in other cultures are oppressed, but the question that I had when making the film was:…

— Maimouna Doucoure

When it comes to engaging and influencing culture, too many Christians think too highly of political activism.

— Tullian Tchividjian

Moving forward, hopefully the platform my career has given me will allow me to continue to be a voice in culture, whether…

— Lecrae

After the pleasure of possessing books there is hardly anything more pleasant than that of speaking of them, and of communicating to…

— Charles Nodier

Tradition is nothing but ancestral peer pressure.

— Indya Moore

My father always has been attractive because of his energy, warmth, charm, and talent for finding some connection with people from all…

— Ezekiel Emanuel

“Today American men may claim to be individuals, but most of us aren't. Our personalities muted by confusion and cultural strife, we…

— Anonymous

I did study religion at Northwestern, and it was a very interesting time for me because I think it was the beginning…

— Adrienne C. Moore

Are you letting culture, not scripture, determine your sexuality, how you date, how you present yourself, how you engage in certain relationships…

— Mark Driscoll

I find the niqab symbol profoundly offensive. I believe it reflects a misogynistic culture that - a treatment of women as property…

— Jason Kenney

I think the place fed me completely. Not only was I in Uganda, but I was around many people who had a…

— Forest Whitaker

Hip Hop will always have a lane of its own, for those that appreciate the culture.

— Iceberg Slim

I always wanted to be a Freshman because XXL is really important in the history of hip-hop. It embodies the culture.

— Cordae

A "snapshot" feature in USA Today listed the five greatest concerns parents and teachers had about children in the '50s: talking out…

— Mary Blakely