Culture Quotes · Page 142

You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it.

— Mitch Albom

One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.

— Yael Stone

I would say, for me, flamenco is so pure, so raw. I love pop culture but sometimes I miss the root, the…

— Rosalia

“Culture does not exist autonomously; it is set always in the context of social relationships.”

— Robert A. Nisbet

“merely engaging the culture implies the issue and exercise of power.”

— James Davison Hunter

Italian design is a global excellence, on a par with food, culture, cinema, and, more generally, lifestyle.

— Paolo Gentiloni

Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living.

— Jaroslav Pelikan

“It is culture that is the bully." Orn Ald yos'Senchul to Theo Waitley, Saltation ”

— Anonymous

“The truths embodied in historical stories are thus not absolute or universal, but relative to the cultural context in which they are…

— Richard Handler

There's a basic rule of thumb that the more a culture oppresses women, or oppresses anyone, the more culturally preoccupied they are…

— Mary Beard

In any case, [y]ou can't teach a monkey to speak and you can't teach an Arab to be democratic. You're dealing with…

— Moshe Feiglin

Culture being a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us,…

— Matthew Arnold

The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose…

— Mitt Romney

Intercultural understanding is a key dimension of the Australian Curriculum. The deployment of technology opens up opportunities for global partnerships and collaboration…

— Susan Mann

“The great works of culture have it in their power to clear mental confusion, they give us words for things we had…

— The School of Life

Translating one region's works for another region has a beauty with an inborn connect. We might speak different languages but our culture…

— Gulzar

“What these people were trying to create or re-create here in this new world is beyond me. I can't put myself in…

— Nelson DeMille

The arts and sciences, in general, during the three or four last centuries, have had a regular course of progressive improvement. The…

— John Adams

I am 100 percent on the side of insisting that white people step up to a different level of consciousness and commitment…

— Van Jones

The thing I love about Rome is that is has so many layers. In it, you can follow anything that interests you:…

— Claire Tomalin

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

— Forest Whitaker

In creativity the way will be found for subject to pass into object, the identity of subject with object will be restored.…

— Nikolai Berdyaev

Many teachers of the Sixties generation said "We will steal your children", and they did. A significant part of America has converted…

— Pat Buchanan

Ebooks represent a shift from a culture of scarcity to a culture of abundance. In the past, publishing required a great deal…

— David Gerrold

It's a privilege to have kids and not live your life in solitude. But we live in a child-hating culture.

— Sarah Ruhl

You have to maintain a culture of transformation and stay true to your values.

— Jeff Weiner

“I have come to the conclusion that just as the Japanese live to work, Asians live to eat.”

— Anastacia Oaikhena

User-comments culture is not useful for creating original work, I think.

— John Cameron Mitchell

There are times when we need to think beyond business and look at preserving culture and languages.

— Rockline Venkatesh

Selling millions of albums is a sign you've infiltrated the culture.

— Shirley Manson

Civilization is the art of living together with people not entirely like oneself.

— Helen Cam

the voices of our ancestors telling of our glorious past, our culture, and what it means to be an Indian.

— Allen Sapp

Urban pop culture is its own phenomena that is for some reason is left out of Hollywood. It's the most mainstream thing…

— Russell Simmons

I find that through the study of women, you get to the heart - the truth - of the culture.

— Shirin Neshat

Although, this is often used with negative connotations, I see ideology as an inherent part of culture.

— Dario Fo

I'm Jamaican, so I come from a very whip with two belts background - being sensitive isn't really part of my culture.

— Masego

Cultures cherish artists because they are people who can say, Look at that.

— Marilynne Robinson

What you did in the past is how you got to today. What you do today is how you will get to…

— Ron Kaufman

Science, for hundreds of years, has spanned the differences between cultures and between countries.

— Laurel Clark

I'm sorry - you know, culture is elitist. Culture has to be elitist: it's about seeing and knowing and about knowledge.

— Peter Greenaway