Culture Quotes · Page 188

A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid.

— Lawrence Lessig

If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization.

— Mary Douglas

We're [New York] the world's second home, the place where every religion is practiced and every culture is celebrated.

— Michael Bloomberg

In Europe, there is so much tradition, and everyone has established ideas as to what art should be and what it has…

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

It was a culture shock at first, moving from Michigan to Mississippi. But it ended up being the best decision I ever…

— Devin Booker

“Civilization is a thin veil over our savage selves, easily lifted by some for personal glorification.”

— Lilo Abernathy

DJ culture always made us aware that the best records were going to come from the small shops

— Chuck D

Houses are built brick-by-brick. HOMEs are built word-by-word. Houses don't build themselves. So YOU must build your home.

— Anonymous

Western civilisation, the élitists all understood, is built upon discrimination: a culture that does not rest on discrimination, that penalises people who…

— Richard Davenport-Hines

But the ground of a man's culture lies in his nature, not in his calling. His powers are to be unfolded on…

— William Ellery Channing

Britain is blessed with a functioning political culture. It is dominated by people who live in London and who have often known…

— David Brooks

We raise awareness and drop information about access and laws into pop culture spaces through making videos and through live events. That's…

— Lizz Winstead

I loved it at Barcelona. My three years there have been such a great experience - the city, the culture, the weather,…

— Joe Ingles

I'm a huge fan of Chennai - the culture, the musicians, the audience... Language is not a barrier. It is all about…

— Amit Trivedi

I like the idea that you would participate in mainstream culture, especially for young girls and young kids who are looking for…

— Emily Haines

So uncritically do we accept the idea of property in culture that we don't even question when the control of that property…

— Lawrence Lessig

Over the years, I have become convinced that Hellenism as a culture represents not a static condition of uniform sublimity mysteriously achieved…

— Eric A. Havelock

'Mixtape' is a very appropriate word to include in the title of Goran Hugo Olsson's film because it includes a rich mixture…

— Aberjhani

I still think it's important for people to have a sharp, ongoing critique of marriage in patriarchal society — because once you…

— Bell Hooks

I've always been interested in pop culture. Some of my colleagues think of pop culture as beneath them, or there's the ivory…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

On to the Next Dream became about much more than me facing a challenging situation; it became about how all of us…

— Paul Madonna

“This two-kingdoms doctrine strongly affirms that God has made all things, that sin corrupts all aspects of life, that Christians should be…

— David VanDrunen

What has our culture lost in 1980 that the avant-garde had in 1890? Ebullience, idealism, confidence, the belief that there was plenty…

— Robert Hughes

We don't want this globalised economic system which does us so much harm. Men and women have to be at the centre…

— Pope Francis

Proper history teaching is being crushed under the weight of play-based pedagogy which infantilises children, teachers and our culture.

— Michael Gove

Having come from a working-class family in the rural South, the fashion industry opened my eyes to culture, arts, and the world.

— Trish Goff

We're in the age of the idea. The organization that can develop a culture of creativity and idea generation will be the…

— Kevin Roberts

Style is about the choices you make to create the aspects of civilization that you wish to uphold.

— David Bowie

I would argue that the culture is not the frosting on the cake: the culture is the plate the cake sits on.

— Morgan Neville

We live in a time of crisis in the secular culture and in the church with regard to the beautiful.

— R. C. Sproul

“Cultural intelligence is the “capability to function effectively across national, ethnic, and organizational cultures.”1”

— David Livermore

My whole soul rebels against the idea that Hinduism and Islam represent two antagonistic cultures and doctrines.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I believe that the faith heritage of this country is actually a very important part of America's culture.

— Mitt Romney

Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.

— Patrick Chan

My first goal as governor is to restore public trust in state government by changing the culture of state government.

— Sonny Perdue

If Jesus were living in our culture, he would probably hang out in coffeehouses.

— Mark Batterson

Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting.

— Ralph Chaplin

There's a numbness in our culture to the continuing horrors of genocide.

— Anne Waldman

China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented people.

— Vladimir Putin

I'm not trying to say I'm a big tough guy... I'm a typical American-waist deep in this violent culture.

— Henry Rollins