“Our culture mocks "primitive cultures" and prides itself on suppression of natural instincts and impulses.” — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
Society cannot do without cultivated men. As soon as the first wants are satisfied, the higher wants become imperative. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I never think I'm making fun of my culture. In fact I'm making fun of myself, because I catch myself doing some… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
There is something deeply wrong with a political culture which only wants to talk about incarceration in the aftermath of a tragedy. — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
Diversity of thought and culture and religion and ideas has been the strength of America. — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
Mainstream culture is like your mom: It's always a little late to catch on and gets easily confused by technology, but it… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
Those are the things that excite me; what can you do with popular culture? — Naughty Boy Copy Share Image
Doing any kind of culture in America in which you are not trying to affirm a European aesthetic is war. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
“We use other people's brains to navigate the world: to acquire skills and practices, and to access knowledge systems of long-dead strangers.… — Mark Earls Copy Share Image
If a church offers no truth that is not available in the general culture - in, for instance, the editorials of the… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
I made 'Ricki Lake' as a big love show for the American culture: big jars of mayo and ketchup and industrial stuff… — Netta Barzilai Copy Share Image
I always encourage people to get out there, travel the world, see new things, experience new people, experience new food, experience new… — Karamo Brown Copy Share Image
I think that there are some teachers that do a very good job of incorporating culture and history. And there are some… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I come from a culture that was isolated for a long time - I have my own story to tell, in my… — Luljeta Lleshanaku Copy Share Image
We have harmonies, folk songs, and compositions attached to each occasion - ranging from birth, harvest, to our festivals. Our country thrives… — Shankar Mahadevan Copy Share Image
“As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead, something to which lip service is paid in… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
If we accept that we are all cut from the same genetic cloth, all cultures share the same genius. And whether that… — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
I try not to let the material aspects of different cultures distract me from getting to the essence of the person I'm… — Mario Sorrenti Copy Share Image
TV, and the culture it anchors, masks and drowns out the subtle and vital information contact with the real world once provided.… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
“For all the allure of speciously stress-free suburbs, for all the grinding of city life, cities endure. And when all those diverse… — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
Culture is an elevated expression of the inner voice which the different peoples of the Earth have heard in the depths of… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“If you know all the languages of the world and you don't know your mother tongue or the language of your culture,… — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
The modern world seems to have no notion of preserving different things side by side, of allowing its proper and proportionate place… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty. — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
“That's what you did when someone was having a hard time. You fed them. It was a tradition that crossed all cultures.” — Nichole Chase Copy Share Image
The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources--because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think, for the most part, our culture embraces that artists are born, not made. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
“If women cannot eat the same food as men, we cannot experience equal status in the community.” — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
How can one not speak about war, poverty, and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Anytime a culture is in economic stress, ugly things start happening. — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Missouri has a rich history and diverse heritage that deserves a proper celebration. — Mike Parson Copy Share Image
My Italian-American heritage, of which I'm very proud and with which I identify strongly, surfaces in several of my novels. — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
I did a degree in media and culture studies in London and moved there when I was eighteen from Paris. — Stacy Martin Copy Share Image
It is a luxury to do something that serves no practical purpose: the luxury of civilization. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
By virtue of my traditions, and my community, I worked hard to ensure that I was accepted as part of the traditional… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Accuracy is not only in the home. Philosophers often bring accuracy to their thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
I believe that we have a responsibility to make culture available for all people, not only those who can afford to go… — Lexi Alexander Copy Share Image
There are a lot of reasons to be hated in pop culture, and being a straight white male is one of them.… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
As citizens, we must prevent wrongdoing because the world in which we all live, wrong-doer, wrong sufferer and spectator, is at stake. — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
