. . . Americans are the best entertained and quite likely the least well-informed people in the Western world. — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
On my parents scale of values, the more Western something was, the more cultured it was considered. — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
That is why Russia is hated. That is why China is hated. They are forming a tremendous, final defense line protecting humanity… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
“She was partial to the tie. Not too long ago he did unspeakable things to her with that tie.” — Melissa Cutler Copy Share Image
The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The final story, the final chapter of western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
It is tragic that so few young people in Western democracies vote. They have forgotten that their ancestors fought for the right… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Western civilization presents one of the most difficult tasks for historical analysis, because it is not yet finished, because we are a… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
The western will always be here. And it just depends on how good you make one. And one movie doesn't kill it.… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame are not normal, everyday malware, of course. All three of them were most likely developed by a Western… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
Perhaps Western civilization is in a post-decline phase, or maybe the decline is just taking a really long time, like the Roman… — Tom Shales Copy Share Image
I tend to lean more towards the Westerns of the 40s and 50s as opposed to the 60s and 70s. They get… — Seth MacFarlane Copy Share Image
The great achievement of Western culture since the Enlightenment is to make many of us peer over the wall and grant some… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
Barack Obama's devastating. His policies and his presidency are devastating. But I have this confidence that he's not gonna succeed in total… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
As long as Muslims cross this red line - if they commit crimes, if they start beating up women, if they start… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
There's this idea, especially in the Western, of this powerful white man, and really what strength does that take to be? Try… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
Human rights are not the preserve of Western activists: The definition must extend to encompass the right to the dignified life; the… — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
For 500 years the West patented six killer applications that set it apart. The first to download them was Japan. Over the… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
In the Western world, women have no other choice. In India, no. And I'll explain the reason. It's a reason that also… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
As a non-western artist, you have to ask yourself a question fairly early in your life: do I want to become a… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
The legendary statistical consultant W. Edwards Deming, . . . has called the system by which merit is appraised and rewarded 'the… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
Some of the environmental lobbyists of the Western nations are the salt of the earth, but many of them are elitists. They've… — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
I'm quite fond of the writer who told a beginning author, "If you've got a message, use Western Union." — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science. — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
“I know what it’s like to be different. I’m a Native American in a white world.” — Tamara Hoffa Copy Share Image
I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask the Best… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
The Japanese have a word for it. It's Judo - the art of conquering by yielding. The Western equivalent of Judo is,… — J. P. McEvoy Copy Share Image
In Western-style Communism we would have to create an almost imaginary workers' image of themselves as the father-figure. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
We in the Western world suffer from too many categories and classes; we've forgotten that we all still have diapers on. We've… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
A few melancholy birds were pipping and wailing, until the round red sun sank slowly into the western shadows; then an empty… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Western music is Bach, Handel and Schubert. It's good music, cleverly done. As a musician, I can see that. — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
I would love to have a song that fusions western arrangement with classic Indian instruments. — Lara Fabian Copy Share Image
[...] evidence is now coming out showing that Egypt was colonized by Western people over 15,000 years ago. — Michael Tsarion Copy Share Image
The story of dance in the Western world is as much an alternative vision of the events of history as is the… — Jamake Highwater Copy Share Image
“Tell me he’s got a cute ass in Wranglers,” Gloria pleaded. “I’ve got a weakness for cowboys.” Abby grinned. “It’s not cute.… — Donna Grant Copy Share Image
The western mind, because of it's unique history, is the most sensitive mind to the impact of psychedelics. — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
More than any other in Western Europe, Britain remains a country where a traveler has to think twice before indulging in the… — Joseph Lelyveld Copy Share Image