Western Quotes · Page 12

The legacy of Greece to Western philosophy is Western philosophy.

— Bertrand Russell

We think of immigration as a Western issue but, of course, it isn't.

— Kiran Desai

In Western Civilization, our elders are books.

— Gary Snyder

In our house we say 'adolescence' is a western word. We don't believe in it.

— Mira Nair

The world today needs both western thinking and oriental vision.

— Li Keqiang

In general, the Western body has become a global brand.

— Susie Orbach

Katie Lane is a wonderful new voice in Western romance fiction.

— Joan Johnston

I had never thought of making a western even as I was making it.

— Sergio Leone

Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.

— Camille Paglia

It is no coincidence that the Western attraction to sublime landscapes developed at precisely the moment when traditional beliefs in God began…

— Alain de Botton

I got introduced to Western music and it inspired me. One of my favourite bands is Pink Floyd.

— Anupam Roy

Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome.

— John Henrik Clarke

Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.

— Jonathan Sacks

As a Western, 'The Magnificent Seven' was a pretty good film. I don't think it was as interesting or as multi-faceted as…

— George Lucas

All stories boil down to good vs. evil, and that's what the archetypal American Western was.

— W. Earl Brown

Pleasure becomes a value, a teleological end in itself. It's probably more Western than U.S. per se.

— David Foster Wallace

Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have…

— Karen Armstrong

It is inevitable that, in the process of teaching an Asian religion in a Western country, many of the teachings will seem…

— Frederick Lenz

Taking the entire globe, if North America and Western Europe can be called the 'cities of the world', then Asia, Africa and…

— Lin Biao

I did have the resource of having taught Greek mythology and the history of Western civilization, and you can go back into…

— Wes Craven

“She now represents the Western United States, thus proving politics is even more accepting of the strange, unusual, and mostly useless than…

— John Zakour

We lie under the network of arching shells and live in a suspense of uncertainty. If a shot comes, we can duck,…

— Erich Maria Remarque

If you're thinking of coming to America, this is what it's like: you've got your Comfort Inn, you've got your Best Western,…

— Jeremy Clarkson

The area of teenage life is not necessarily rarefied; we've all gone through that period. It's not as rarefied as a western…

— Gus Van Sant

I have never in my life encountered a religion as oppressive, cold, and stiff as Progressivism. I've never known a faith more…

— Matt Walsh

I think religion has often played a very positive role. Take western civilization, the Catholic Church has played an honorable role in…

— Noam Chomsky

I cannot emphasize enough how wrongheaded this is. Withholding criticism and ignoring differences are racism in its purest form. Yet these cultural…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

..I sought a world philosophy-or an integral philosophy-that would believably weave together the many pluralistic contexts of science, morals, aesthetics, Eastern as…

— Ken Wilber

The major western democracies are moving towards corporatism. Democracy has become a business plan, with a bottom line for every human activity,…

— John Pilger

“[Tuco is in a bubble bath. The One Armed Man enters the room.] One Armed Man: I've been looking for you for…

— Sergio Leone

“The sun glanced off a long, wicked looking knife in the Comanche's grip. At least Cash wouldn't have long to mourn. The…

— Lori Handeland

The closest Western Civilization has come to unity since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 was the week the Sgt. Pepper album…

— Langdon Winner

Western literature has been more influenced by the Bible than any other book.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

Scandals are the fertilizer of Western democracy.

— Dario Fo

I've got a bit of the eccentricity of Africa and a bit of Western calm.

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Health is the fastest growing failing business in western civilization.

— E. Cheraskin

It seemed like whenever a Western was going to get made, it came my way.

— Sam Elliott

Western art has a certain relationship to nature.

— Brice Marden

Western States keep playing with, and around, Russia.

— Aslan Maskhadov

Westerns pop up every so often, everybody does a western and then they all die.

— Bruce Campbell