By experts in poverty I do not mean sociologists, but poor men. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
People's wardrobes in history are something that society and culture imposed. But sexuality is not about the way you dress. — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
Everyone is born with it but, unfortunately, our society and culture are programmed to kill creativity. — Amala Akkineni Copy Share Image
Over-civilization and barbarism are within an inch of each other. And a mark of both is the power of medicine-men. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Abolitionism did not find positive response in Africa as it did in Western societies and cultures. — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
We must start pushing back against this politically correct nonsense that's destroying our society and culture. — Maxime Bernier Copy Share Image
People see technology as something that will ruin society and culture, but I've always embraced technology. — Chelsea Peretti Copy Share Image
The man who is seeking truth is free of all societies and cultures. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“An important part of deciding where we want to go, as a society and culture, is knowing where we have come from,… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Nowledge which... transcends the bounds, the prejudices and prejudgements of any one society and culture is not an illusion but, on the… — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
I've never killed anybody... but I've definitely thought about it. But that's how we are. That's what happens when you put people… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I thought about how easily we are all brainwashed by our society and culture to stop thinking and just assume by default… — Tony Hsieh Copy Share Image
I’ve come to the point of view that for European-American society and culture to persist requires a European-American majority, and a clear… — John Tanton Copy Share Image
Happiness is our natural state. Happiness is the natural state of little children, to whom the kingdom belongs until they have been… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
African society and culture varies much more than European society but it's just considered 'Africa' as if they are all the same. — John Barnes Copy Share Image
There have been household gods and household saints and household fairies. I am not sure that there have yet been any factory… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The “harsh” truth is, you are not who you think you are. “You” are an accumulation of everything you’ve learned. Everything your… — Adam James Copy Share Image
“There aren't just good guys and bad guys in life. Human beings cannot be defined or labeled. We don't have limits, but… — Jodorowshy Copy Share Image
“For the artist, the goal of the painting or musical composition is not to convey literal truth, but an aspect of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We have seen that the individual’s brain circuits are decisively influenced by the emotional states of the parents, in the context of… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
This world of ours is a new world, in which the unit of knowledge, the nature of human communities, the order of… — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
Thus, if a composer wants to produce music that is relevant to his contemporaries, his chief problem is not really musical, though… — John Blacking Copy Share Image
For me, it's just a normal artistic endeavour to explore the dark side. Certainly, I'm not alone in it. Artists generally don't… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
“By placing Rogers in context, then, we can finally see that his compassion was not a vague feeling of warmth and fuzziness,… — Michael G. Long Copy Share Image
“Most of the time, we see only what we want to see, or what others tell us to see, instead of really… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“Happiness is our natural state. Happiness is the natural state of little children, to whom the kingdom belongs until they have been… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
“The central assertion of this book is that the world of humankind constitutes a manifold, a totality of interconnected processes, and inquiries… — Eric R. Wolf Copy Share Image
“You are asking me, “Why am I scared to accept myself the way I am?” Because you have not been accepted by… — Osho Copy Share Image
Certainly here in the U.S., we've had fundamentalist movements that have taken very critical and hostile attitudes toward immigration and the assimilation… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
“We have this extraordinary conceit in the West that while we've been hard at work in the creation of technological wizardry and… — Edmund Wade Davis Copy Share Image
“We are accused of being obsessed by property. The truth is the other way round. It is the society and culture in… — John Berger Copy Share Image
“A genetic fundamentalism permeates public awareness these days. It may be summed up as the belief that almost every illness and every… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“Don’t tread on me I’m not quite clear about how to formulate this question. It has to do with the nature of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In Mormon society and culture, highest values are placed on hard work, thrift, clean living, obedience to the elders and, above all,… — Shana Alexander Copy Share Image
It was this society and culture that among other things - including economic opportunities here and repression in Europe - attracted subsequent… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
With all that we hear of American hustle and hurry, it is rather strange that Americans seem to like to linger on… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
. . . What role does historiography play in the way a society and culture "remembers" past events? Does the historian have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A first grader should understand that her or his culture isn't a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Whereas in Western countries the constitution merely had to guarantee the rights of a per-existing civil society and culture, in Russia it… — Orlando Figes Copy Share Image
