Culture Quote by G. Willow Wilson Download Open image ““Culture belongs to the imagination; to judge it rationally is to misunderstand its function.”” — G. Willow Wilson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Belongs Imagination Culture Culture Belongs Judge Rationally Misunderstand Rationally Misunderstand
“Cultural habits are by and large irrational, emerge irrationally, and are practiced irrationally. They are independent of the intellect, and trying to fit them… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“What they produce is not culture but a population allergic to logic, addicted to drama, and proud of their own mental stagnation. In the… — E. Ravago Copy Share Image
“The epitome of culture is the search for truth, or at least a reasonable approximation of reality, most notably the need to know ourselves… — Eric Chaisson Copy Share Image
“What is culture? It’s a set of consistent patterns people follow for communicating, thinking, and acting, all grounded in their shared assumptions and values.” — Michael D. Watkins Copy Share Image
“Culture does not exist autonomously; it is set always in the context of social relationships.” — Robert A. Nisbet Copy Share Image
“Culture is the ability to store, exchange, and improve ideas.” — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
“As individuals, we experience ourselves as the center of whatever social world we inhabit. We think that we are free and refuse to see… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
“Culture is the sea we swim in - so pervasive, so all-consuming, that we fail to notice its existence until we step out of… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
“Culture exists in order to project the infantile fantasies into external reality, where they may be seen and mastered.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Before saying anything further about culture, I consider the world is hungry and does not care about culture, and people artificially want to turn… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
“I don't want foreigners involved in my business. Jinn are one thing but I draw the line at Americans.” — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“When have I ever suggested you burn them? I am allowed to have opinions, aren’t I? And I don’t hate them—I don’t give a… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“Nobody as the right to give up on a whole generation before it's even had a right to prove itself.” — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“What naive garbage. People don't want freedom anymore--even those to whom freedom is a kind of religion are afraid of it, like trembling acolytes… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“At some point, the devoted pass from belief into certainty. I did not believe in Islam; I opened my eyes every morning and saw… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“The force that played havoc with the cortisol in my blood was the same force that helped my body recover; if I felt better… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“But there is a girl mixed up in all of this, I have no doubt. In a lovely silk veil, whose modesty does not… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“In his mind he made himself get down off the ledge and go outside to help Dina with her bags, then to see if… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“It’s a strange feeling, praying into your hands, filling the air between them with words. We think of divinity as something infinitely big, but… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“How dense and literal it is. I thought it had a much more sophisticated brain." "Your mother is dense," Alif said wearily. "My mother… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
Many of us prefer to live in places abandoned by humans. Less work for us. Detroit is very popular. — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
In the hearing world, I'm constantly having to lip-read and trying to understand what's going on. Sign language is so beautiful. It gives you… — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in Orlando, where the economy and culture has been powerfully shaped by tourism, and so I've long been interested… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people. — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly… — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It is not my intention to explain Turkey, its culture and its problems. My literature has a universal concern: I want to bring people… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I don't think the distinction between high and low culture exists anymore. — Jeremy Scott Copy Share Image