Argument Quote by Laura Kipnis

“culture comes into play at precisely the point where biological individuals become subjects, and that what lies between the two is not some automatically…

— Stuart Hall

“Cultures are not matters of taste but systems of adaptation to specific circumstances that may prove irrelevant or even counterproductive in other settings.”

— James Dale Davidson

We have cultural depth. We get all kinds of stuff to chew on, to live on.

— Bob Weir

“A young English couple was visiting with me one summer after I had been composting humanure for about six years. One evening, as dinner…

— Joseph C. Jenkins

“Our cultures domesticate us for obscure purposes, nurturing and encouraging certain aspects of our behavior and tendencies while seeking to eliminate those that might…

— Christopher Ryan

“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

“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

Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do.

— Ronald Wright

“Whenever new knowledge of a transforming nature permeates the race, the standard of world culture rises.”

— Walter Russell

You cannot merely expect culture to be a natural occurrence; it has to be taught and made a part of your everyday routine.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Culture is a perversion. It fetishizes objects, creates consumer mania, it preaches endless forms of false happiness, endless forms of false understanding in the…

— Terence McKenna

“Every generation is inculcated in traditions of prejudice which are encouraged as normal, natural and healthy.”

— Bryant McGill