Culture Quotes · Page 160

Oh, the humanity… It was a wonder Rhage hadn't blinded himself with all that pop culture.

— J.R. Ward

“tradition, properly cared for, nurtured, honored, and respected, continues to feed the soul of a family.”

— Adriana Trigiani

New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous (Nay, let em be unmanly), yet are followed.

— William Shakespeare

“And finally comes culture, which is entertainment, relaxation, transport out of the pain of living.”

— John Steinbeck

Since the '60s, we've lived so much in an age of quick fixes that the culture itself has become a quick fix.

— Michael McDonald

'The Cosby Show' made an impact on comedy, television and culture. We rejected lowering the bar.

— Bill Cosby

That's what they hired me to do in Washington, change a little bit of the culture, try to win a Stanley Cup.

— Barry Trotz

I'm not a policy maker. I'm not even a very great activist. My main thing is to make things that speak for…

— Wangechi Mutu

When Americans come to London they usually say how much they love the history, the tradition, the splendid tumpty-tum of things whose…

— A. A. Gill

No matter if my dad had to work, or my sister was gone until 7, or I had basketball practice until 8,…

— Diana Taurasi

Who are we? We are children of God. Our potential is unlimited. Our inheritance is sacred. May we always honor that heritage…

— Russell M. Nelson

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. We teach more…

— Will Durant

The idea of a hypnotic riff as the prime mover of a piece of music has been around for a long time,…

— Jimmy Page

Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because…

— Lady Gaga

Is it shocking that it's very difficult for a news organization to do news in America now? It's not shocking because we're…

— Oprah Winfrey

If we come from good families where we have been supported well, there is a disillusionment we have to undergo in terms…

— Sam Keen

If gay marriage is a real thing, gay infertility must be a real thing. It's not fair. I mean, it wasn't fair…

— Rush Limbaugh

You know that wherever you go, not everyone will speak your language. But go and experience the local culture and try to…

— Steve McManaman

In all cultures, it is the task of a religion to close the field of contingency ...and to set up havens of…

— Eugen Drewermann

The nation as the horizon of an identity that you want to come into being as a fundamental absence of something that…

— Mark McMorris

In the future, women will have breasts all over. In the future, it will be a relief to find a place without…

— David Byrne

There appears to be a deeply embedded uneasiness in our culture about throwing away junk that can be reused. Perhaps, in part,…

— William Booth

Any chemist reading this book can see, in some detail, how I have spent most of my mature life. They can become…

— Anonymous

An important part of building a new culture was allowing people to complain about their past. At first, the more they complained,…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I love touring. You get to meet so many people and experience different cultures.

— Jubin Nautiyal

Many in our increasingly secular culture want to chase Christians out of the public square altogether.

— Eric Metaxas

In American culture we are supposed to take a pill when we're depressed or in grief as opposed to actually feeling.

— Laura Dern

By questioning all the aspects of our business, we continuously inject improvement and innovation into our culture.

— Michael Dell

Music is in every country and every culture around the world. It's universal.

— Mark Hoppus

Contemporary art is an epoch of false money allied with false culture.

— Alexander Stoddart

... the novelist is bound by the reasonable possibilities, not the probabilities, of his culture.

— Flannery O'Connor

To live your life well, and have respect for what came before or after - there's a strong respect for that in…

— Anna Deavere Smith

Patriotism has debilitating effects on the people who suffer from it.

— Ilkin Santak

I think as a culture, we don't like conflict or looking at icky stuff - especially in our downtime.

— Kathleen Hanna

I am pleased the Ministry of Culture is protecting the morals of expatriate bankers and their girlfriends.

— Mick Jagger

“One problem with today's culture is that we defend too many rights and ignore too many wrongs.”

— Ron Brackin

I've got tremendous respect for different cultures, for the food and everything.

— Ian Rush

Everyone can help. We can educate ourselves and our children about other countries and cultures.

— Angelina Jolie

Technology companies tend to operate in winner-take-all spaces and thus adopt a very high-commitment culture.

— Andrew Yang

Courage is like a strain of yoghurt culture, if you have some you can have some more.

— Ruth Gordon