The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in… — William Irwin Thompson Copy Share Image
Our culture is ill-equipped to assert the bourgeois values which would be the salvation of the under-class, because we have lost those… — Norman Podhoretz Copy Share Image
For decades, Indians have immigrated to the United States, joined our communities, and raised their families while maintaining their cultural heritage. — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
I love the challenge of thinking about how we might approach a bowl of cereal. People are getting so involved in foodie… — Christina Tosi Copy Share Image
The disasteris not the money, although the money will be missed. The disaster is the disrespect--this belief that the arts are dispensable,… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I don't know why people do not read 'Mein Kampf' more regularly. It tells you first-hand about all the narcissism; you see… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
Greek culture is pleasant to contemplate because of its great simplicity and naturalness, and because of the absence of gadgets, each of… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
Of the many smells of Athens two seem to me the most characteristic - that of garlic, bold and deadly like acetylene… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
Some changes we can control, but we find that many things are inseparably wired into the life we share in local, national,… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
When people say that L.A. doesn't have a culture, I think it really does: a very old culture, and very specific. There's… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
A particular place in the land is never, for an oral culture, just a passive or inert setting for the human events… — David Abram Copy Share Image
Can anything be more disgusting than to hear people called 'educated' making small jokes about eating ham, and showing themselves empty of… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The capacity for friendship usually goes with highly developed civilizations. The ability to cultivate people differs by culture and class; but on… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The culture industry perpetually cheats its consumers of what it perpetually promises. The promissory note which, with its plots and staging, it… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
The assertion that 'culture' explains human variation will be taken seriously when there are reports of women war parties raiding villages to… — John Tooby Copy Share Image
I think the commercial culture, and also science and technology after all, which gives us greater ease but also makes it harder… — Steven C. Hayes Copy Share Image
The heritage of a British actor revolves around the challenges of playing the classic roles to meet certain levels of success as… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
I think it was when I was nineteen, by that time the Jewish laws were already in force and the split was… — Gyorgy Ligeti Copy Share Image
Well unfortunately I didn't work with Andre much. But rap is a strong presence in the culture and anyone is going to… — Harvey Keitel Copy Share Image
I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
We are creating and encouraging a culture of distraction where we are increasingly disconnected from the people and events around us, and… — Joe Kraus Copy Share Image
Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The enormously diverse culture where people can agree and disagree is just amazing, and to learn about the events that took place… — Miguel Ferrer Copy Share Image
When you think about the passion that's involved wth Jamaican culture, it's like, they're not sitting around waiting for things to get… — Kreesha Turner Copy Share Image
Modern slavery - be it bonded labor, involuntary servitude, or sexual slavery - is a crime and cannot be tolerated in any… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I come from a community that has a lot of white kids, and I notice how, a lot of times, they don't… — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
Civilization is the process in which one gradually increases the number of people included in the term 'we' or 'us' and at… — Howie Winter Copy Share Image
The time will come when the evil forms we have known can no more be organized. Man's culture can spare nothing, wants… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I feel like I was hit by all of geek culture at once while I was growing up in the '70s and… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves the government and you know it's really… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
It's not just the players, it's the culture. Sometimes it's the people around them; the people who are looking after them -… — Ryan Giggs Copy Share Image
'Custom is the great deadener.' There is no doubt that we of the white race are going on obliviously supporting customs that… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
We vote for Perot. We think he's a great, marvelous, honest man. We send money to his campaign, even though he is… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
Food history is as important as a baroque church. Governments should recognize cultural heritage and protect traditional foods. A cheese is as… — Carlo Petrini Copy Share Image
We worry so much in this culture about being happy. The pursuit of happiness is even written in our Constitution. It's an… — Agapi Stassinopoulos Copy Share Image
Ancient eschatological texts are actually maps of the inner territories of the psyche that seem to transcend race and culture and originate… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
Culture and education have no bounds or limits; now man is in a phase in which he must decide for himself how… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Changing the way we talk is not political correctness run amok. It reflects an admirable willingness to acknowledge others who once were… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
Once you've lived in Del Mar or the San Diego area, why would you want to live anyplace else? It's the neatest… — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
Life is infinitely complex, and I feel like we live in a culture that really seems to want to simplify it into… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image