Afar Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Foreign culture is as necessary to the spirit of a nation as is foreign commerce to its industries.

— Ameen Rihani

A foreign country can best be understood through its literature.

— Simone de Beauvoir

For a global company, it is imperative to respect and honor local culture and weave that into the core company values rather than the…

— Julia Hartz

The beauty of being foreign is that it snaps you awake.

— Pico Iyer

Every country has its own culture and sensitivities.

— Joanna Krupa

But foreign should not be defined in geographical terms. Then it would have no meaning except territorial or tribal patriotism. To me that alone…

— Ram Swarup

The vitality of a culture is in its capacity to assimilate foreign influences. The culture that's defensive and closed condemns itself to decadence.

— Juan Goytisolo

I've got tremendous respect for different cultures, for the food and everything.

— Ian Rush

“Foreignness is intrinsically stimulating. Like a good game of bridge, the condition of being foreign engages the mind constantly without ever tiring it.”… …“But…

— Being foreign: The others-the Economist

I have never looked at foreign countries or gone there but with the purpose of getting to know the general human qualities that are…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets.…

— Anonymous

When we talk about the foreign, the question becomes one of us versus them. But in the end, is one just the opposite side…

— Lewis H. Lapham