Provincialism Quotes

10 quotes by 10 authors

I have begun to feel that there is a tendency in 20th Century science to forget that there will be a 21st Century science, and… — J. Allen Hynek
Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a… — Oscar Wilde
Narrow-minded provincialism: Sad to say but true -- I am more interested in the mountain lions of Utah, the wild pigs of Arizona, than I… — Edward Abbey
In the last analysis, provincialism is your belief in yourself, in your neighborhood, in your reality. It is patriotism without belligerence. Convincing cases have been… — Richard M. Weaver
The American has no language, he has a dialect, slang, provincialism, accent and so forth — Rudyard Kipling
A brilliant inquiry into the contemporary Iranian predicament and what it means for the world. At a time when all too many of our leading… — Afshin Molavi
The war against Vietnam is only the ghastliest manifestation of what I'd call imperial provincialism, which afflicts America's whole culture-aware only of its own history,… — Stephen Vizinczey
In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that overbalanced poise that makes the… — O. Henry
Much of human history can, I think, be described as a gradual and sometimes painful liberation from provincialism, the emerging awareness that there is more… — Carl Sagan
I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we tend… — Molly Ivins

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