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Culture Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- The best books are not read even by those who are called good readers. What does our Concord culture amount to? There is in this…
- When it was proposed to me to go abroad, rub oft some rust, and better my condition in a worldly sense, I fear lest my…
- I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute Freedom and Wildness, as contrasted with a Freedom and Culture merely civil, - to regard…
- It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.
- The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained…
- The culture of the hop ... so analagous to the culture and uses of the grape, may afford a theme for future poets.
More Culture Quotes
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- Don't tire yourself more than need be, even at the price of founding a culture on the fatigue of your bones. — Antonin Artaud
- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
- It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates. — Michelle Bachelet
- Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture. — Michele Bachmann
- The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. — Lord Acton
- Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted… — Erykah Badu
- You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now. — Joan Baez
- A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. — Walter Bagehot
- We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others. — Pearl Bailey