Quote by Bruce Sterling

“I have always tried to live in an ivory tower, but a tide of shit is beating at its walls, threatening to undermine it.”

— Gustave Flaubert

“Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed.”

— George Orwell

“The deal with multiculturalism is that the only culture you're allowed to disapprove of is your own.”

— Martin Amis

“I don’t mind if you want to start ranting just as long as you understand I’ll be ignoring every word”

— Suzanne Wright

“Seek not equality with either white or any other nation open your eyes and see behind their pretended pleasure and power is only impotence…

— Sun Ra

“Well, for one thing, the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We’re teaching the wrong things. And you have…

— Mitch Albom

“trouble is, these people don’t understand their own culture,” said”

— Geraldine Brooks

“But I think I have made myself clear. We are as ignorant of fundamentals as human beings ever were. Self-respect demands that we appear…

— Saul Bellow

“I try to be open-minded, to judge each individual on merit and accomplishment. I hold no bias against any belief system, sexual orientation, or…

— Kathy Reichs

“Hatred, rancor and grudge, they are not humanity elements; but you need to have them to survive.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Are you content? If so, you can afford to ignore the condemnation of the crowd.”

— Daniel Keyes