“Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“When people lack true culture or are devoid of innovative ideas, they speak about wine, various brands of alcoholic beverages, or the… — Dimitris Mita Copy Share Image
One of the things I tend to do is open myself up to a variety of voices. I try to expose myself… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
The point is there is more information now then you can pass along comfortably in an oral tradition, say a strictly speaking… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
Sacrifices have to be made if you want to make a dent in the world, and that's what I started out to… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
More women speaking up and seizing the helm of power can create its own momentum. It can change the culture that helps… — Nancy Birdsall Copy Share Image
Information is not culture. In the mind of a truly educated person, facts are organized, and they make up a living world… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I try to take a weekly digital Sabbath, batch my emails so I deal with them a few times a day rather… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
It's called the Ailey American Dance Theatre, not the Alvin Ailey African-American Dance Theatre. One thing also that Alvin wanted people to… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
In your generation, everybody is constantly bombarded with all kinds of different input from different cultures, and that's a strength, that's a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've never left my culture. I've left my country, but I've not left my culture. In the same way, you shouldn't be… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
Somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that Eastern culture does either, but I've never lived in India etc so I couldn't tell you. I can… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Those who feel guilty contemplating "betraying" the tradition they love by acknowledging their disapproval of elements within it should reflect on the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
By the Reagan era, the 'culture of poverty' had become a cornerstone of conservative ideology: poverty was caused not by low wages… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
American pop culture is perpetually in adolescent mode. The notions of what it takes to be a man, as depicted in pop… — Alex Tizon Copy Share Image
I'm always pointing things out to native New Yorkers that I think are weird about this place and their culture and all… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
We have this false idea in our culture that if you haven't made it by 30, then you're never going to do… — Tracy McMillan Copy Share Image
I think that parochialism is built into many kinds of nationalism and educational institutions in which children are brought up to treat… — Jay L. Garfield Copy Share Image
Eight Hours For What We Will is a major contribution to modern American working-class history and to the history of a changing… — Herbert Gutman Copy Share Image
You won't find a CEO who doesn't talk about a 'powerful culture' as a source of competitive advantage. At the same time,… — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
As a child of the Commonwealth, I had been brought up to believe Great Britain was the promised land, a culture where… — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
God chose to introduce Himself to us in the first verse of Genesis as a Creator. And yet so few Christians really… — Phil Cooke Copy Share Image
The evolution of technology is, like the evolution of literature, heavily path-dependent. Culture plays a far more important role in the acceptance,… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies...If the right to life is not defended… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Language and culture cannot be separated. Language is vital to understanding our unique cultural perspectives. Language is a tool that is used… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can't deliver good service from unhappy employees. — Tony Hsieh Copy Share Image
In England, gossiping is not as commonplace or even celebrated as much as it is in Latino culture. But it is not… — Perez Hilton Copy Share Image
Being educated in the United States gave me a good understanding of American culture. I think I got a lot of influence… — Masayoshi Son Copy Share Image
The best books are not read even by those who are called good readers. What does our Concord culture amount to? There… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The art of remaining consistent is keeping your ear to the street and the new music. Embracing the culture for what it… — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
Images have become our true sex objects. It is this promiscuity and the ubiquity of images, this viral contamination of images which… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
Clearly, America's dysfunctional food culture must bear some of the blame for our excess pounds, but it's likely our walking-averse lifestyles contribute… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I don't want to act like the witch trials all over New England were warranted, but when you live in a culture… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
Why is thinking about crime or imagining crime so goddamn central to pop culture? It doesn't matter whether it's American TV or… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
The man or nation of high culture may acknowledge to great lengths the restraints imposed by conventions and honour, but beyond a… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
I grew up in that, when I was a kid. My friends and I used to play cowboys and Indians. We were… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you have a good story, it doesn’t have to be overproduced. I want our stories to reveal the wonders of the… — Huell Howser Copy Share Image
Traditions are built by that one person who starts something new and does it over and over again - even if it… — Antonia Lofaso Copy Share Image
