Western Quotes

1229 Western quotes by 890 unique authors

Now for good or ill, California is the place where trends tend to be set in Western civilization - if civilization indeed it is. California,… — P.J. O'Rourke
Here we are at the edge of the world, the very edge of Western civilization, and all of us are so desperate to feel something,… — M.I.A.
I pastor a very large church in western Australia. We have about - over 2,000 people, which we have a Bible school, community services, a… — Unknown Author
Modern Christians, especially those in the Western world, have generally been found wanting in the area of holiness of body. Gluttony and laziness, for example,… — Jerry Bridges
Well, we can't afford blindness anymore. There are tens of thousands of thugs who loathe liberty and love death, and want to annihilate Western civilization. — Tony Snow
Not since the days of slavery have there been so many people who feel entitled to what other people have produced as there are in… — Thomas Sowell
By putting the spotlight on the female child and framing her as the ideal of beauty, he condemns the mature woman to invisibility. In fact,… — Fatema Mernissi
Being frozen into the passive position of an object whose very existence depends on the eye of its beholder turn the educated modern Western women… — Fatema Mernissi
I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time. — Satyajit Ray
Regardless of what anyone may personally think or believe about him, Jesus of Nazareth has been the dominant figure in the history of western culture… — Jaroslav Pelikan
The great truths of human life do not spring new born to each new generation. They derive from long experience. They are the gathered wisdom… — Frederick Osborn
"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh.… — Benjamin Hoff
All of Western tradition, from the late bloom of the British Empire right through the early doom of Vietnam, dictates that you do something spectacular… — June Jordan
In the West the whole Western tradition of religion and psychology propounds, preaches, persuades people to have strong egos - because unless you have a… — Rajneesh
But in the West it is very easy to dissolve the ego. So whenever a Western seeker reaches an understanding that ego is the problem… — Rajneesh
The story of dance in the Western world is as much an alternative vision of the events of history as is the folk history told… — Jamake Highwater
Books are the perfect Time Machine. By the simple act of opening a book you can, in an instant, be travelling up a jungle river… — Louis L'Amour
One of the expressions of Western over-reliance on technology can be seen in the lack of patience in industrial society. When you deal with technology,… — Dalai Lama
I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music. — Satyajit Ray
For many decades now - and certainly during my adult life in academe - the Western intellectual world has not been convinced that theology is… — Arthur Peacocke
Because normally with Western cuisine, you'll serve vegetables separate from the meat, so kids will eat the meat and never touch the vegetables. — Martin Yan
We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights. — Naguib Mahfouz
Mediocrity is no answer to violence. In fact, it probably invites violence. At least the mediocre and the violent appear together as in the old… — James Hillman
You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here in Western Europe. And in that stage it is better… — Herman Gorter
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow pizza. — Douglas Adams

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