“A civilization is integral and healthy to the extent [that] it is founded on the "invisible" or "underlying" religion, the religio perennis,… — Frithjof Schuon Copy Share Image
I simply think that there are things in this world that are relics. We have unsettling remnants of Atlantis. They have found… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
My book, Oral History: Understanding Qualitative Research is about how researchers use this method and how to write up their oral history… — Patricia Leavy Copy Share Image
“In a sense, fear is the daughter of God, redeemed on Good Friday. She is not beautiful, mocked, cursed or disowned by… — Jean-Luc Godard Copy Share Image
If Mother Culture were to give an account of human history using these terms, it would go something like this: ' The… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
You are equally responsible for your place in the culture, and you must make a contribution, and you must accept responsibility for… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
The ideals of technological culture remain underdeveloped and therefore outside of popular culture and the practical ideals of democracy. This is also… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
When looking at female body builders and reading about the industry and the culture, their bodies just break down. They end up… — Wardell Milan Copy Share Image
The conventional explanation for Jewish success, of course, is that Jews come from a literate, intellectual culture. They are famously "the people… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“When art as an expression starts to appear, without prompting, all over the suburbs and villages of this country, what we are… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
It so happens that certain songs becomes part of culture, and culture is a form of preserving patterns. Yes, we're Mexican, and… — Ruben Isaac Albarran Ortega Copy Share Image
American culture has a lot of great moustaches in its history. Mark Twain had a great moustache, Charlie Chaplin, Ben Turpin ...… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
I live near Amish communities in northern Indiana and I have the greatest respect for such faithful people. They attempt to live… — John I. Jenkins Copy Share Image
You asked if I thought my fiction had changed anything in the culture and the answer is no. Sure, there's been some… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Rihanna, all of these artists that we do love - you see so much of what we do, the… — BeBe Zahara Benet Copy Share Image
As a scientist, objectivity is one of my most deeply held values. If we could just try harder, I once thought, surely… — Daniel Everett Copy Share Image
Uncontainable is a love story. Kip and Sharon's love for each other, their precious family, their business journey of joy and, most… — Roy Spence Copy Share Image
Everything comes from one thing, everything comes from the Spirit. Jazz would not exist had it not been for gospel music, the… — Ramsey Lewis Copy Share Image
Our oil-based society depends on non-renewable resources. It requires relentless probing into vast reaches of pristine land, sacrificing vital bioregions, and irreplaceable… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
In Latino culture, the quinceanera's a big thing - it's when a girl becomes a woman. But I think age is just… — Emily Rios Copy Share Image
Despite all the wonderful advances that have been made, it's still dangerous for an actor to talk about that in our extremely… — Richard Chamberlain Copy Share Image
“I can think of only two movies with women killers we’re meant to sympathize with, and both because they’d been sexually assaulted—Thelma… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
No higher duty, or more solemn responsibility, rests upon this Court than that of translating into living law and maintaining this constitutional… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Sound words can't be understood through formal study of the language alone. They're felt when you immerse yourself in the culture or… — Hyon Gyon Copy Share Image
The reinvention of American culture as purely the self catapulted Las Vegas to prominence. The city took sin and made it choice… — Hal Rothman Copy Share Image
Neurologically, people have a need to feel oriented, to know where they are, not just in terms of a compass and not… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
I don't know that you can set out to be a brand. For us, it happened very organically, and we never rushed… — Scott Borchetta Copy Share Image
Since biological change occurs slowly and cultural changes occur in every generation, it is futile to try to explain the fleeting phenomena… — Robert Lowie Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, I don't think people know a great deal about the Viking culture, apart from the label that is usually attached… — Gabriel Byrne Copy Share Image
“New Rule: The White House doesn't have to release the dead Bin Laden photos, but don't pretend we can't take it. We've… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Christians who enjoy and support art and culture, who make it a priority in their lives, and who reach out to those… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
I think our culture views success as visibility, being seen as being successful. Whereas I've learned that success is rooted in helping… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
It is clear, from these considerations, that the three methods of classifying mankind-that according to physical characters, according to language, and according… — Franz Boas Copy Share Image
“On the practical level modern life consists of a constant pursuit of power within a universe devoid of meaning. Modern culture is… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“The Secoya are trapped between the devastating effects of the colonization frontier and their rich traditional past, which is proving to be… — Jonathon Miller Weisberger Copy Share Image
Children cannot be fooled by empty praise and condescending encouragement. They may have to accept artificial bolstering of their self-esteem in lieu… — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
I think we are becoming more and more linked, and before long, we'll all be one culture. It's happening in every field,… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
Debt is so ingrained into our culture that most Americans can't even envision a car without a payment ... a house without… — Dave Ramsey Copy Share Image
The first time I was exposed to dance music was through my friend Noah who played me a mixtape of stuff he'd… — Matthew Koma Copy Share Image
“Sadly, the signals that allow men and women to find the partners who most please them are scrambled by the sexual insecurity… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image