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title: "10 Human Cultural Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Human Cultural quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Human Cultural sayings and thoughts."
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> [Cruelty might be very human and very cultural, but it is not acceptable and it is not an option.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-foster/cruelty-might-be-very-human-and-very-cultural-but-it-is-not/)

[Jodie Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-foster/)

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> [Human cultural diversity is vast; the range of cultural practices, beliefs, and languages that we speak is vast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-pagel/human-cultural-diversity-is-vast-the-range-of-cultural-practices/)

[Mark Pagel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-pagel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/625/mark-pagel-31694_beliefs_human-cultural-diversity-is-vast-the-ran_3002293.png)

> [Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-foster/cruelty-might-be-very-human-and-it-might-be-cultural-but-it-s-not/)

[Jodie Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-foster/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/jodie-foster-2055_cruelty_cruelty-might-be-very-human-and-it-might_2564691.jpg)

> [Being creative is at the heart of being human and of all cultural progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-robinson/being-creative-is-at-the-heart-of-being-human-and-of-all-cultural/)

[Ken Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-robinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/ken-robinson-2219_be-creative_being-creative-is-at-the-heart-of-being_1516863.png)

> [Cruelty might be very human, and it might be very cultural, but it's not acceptable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-foster/cruelty-might-be-very-human-and-it-might-be-very-cultural-but-it-s/)

[Jodie Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-foster/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/jodie-foster-2055_acceptable_cruelty-might-be-very-human-and-it-might_492360.jpg)

> [We are the climactic generation of human cultural evolution, and in the microcosm of our lives the macrocosm of the evolution of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-irwin-thompson/we-are-the-climactic-generation-of-human-cultural-evolution-and-in/)

[William Irwin Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-irwin-thompson/)

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> [It would not be too much to say that myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/it-would-not-be-too-much-to-say-that-myth-is-the-secret-opening/)

[Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/joseph-campbell-300_art_it-would-not-be-too-much-to-say-that-myt_2468007.png)

> [“showed a group of two- and three-year-olds a new game. A puppet then appeared and performed the game incorrectly. Almost all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-wade/showed-a-group-of-two-and-three-year-olds-a-new-game-a-puppet-then/)

[Nicholas Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-wade/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/nicholas-wade-11913_quote_showed-a-group-of-two-and-three-year-old_1832960.jpg)

> [I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-will-defend-the-absolute-value-of-mozart-over-miley-cyrus-of-course/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/stephen-fry-573_able_i-will-defend-the-absolute-value-of-moza_97825.jpg)

> [“Look at the kind of people who most object to the childishness and cheapness of celebrity culture. Does one really want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/look-at-the-kind-of-people-who-most-object-to-the-childishness-and/)

[Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/stephen-fry-573_celebrity-culture_look-at-the-kind-of-people-who-most-obje_29042.jpg)

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