Culture Quotes
Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive.
One of the most effective ways to learn about oneself is by taking seriously the cultures of others. It forces you to pay attention to those details of life which differentiate them from you.
Yoga is not an ancient myth buried in oblivion. It is the most valuable inheritance of the present. It is the essential need of today and the culture of tomorrow
I think there's so much about Rasta culture that's interesting. Just the idea of preaching one-ness, that we're all in this together.
Civilization owes to the Islamic world some of its most important tools and achievements...the Muslim genius has added much to the culture of all peoples.
In microbiology the roles of mutation and selection in evolution are coming to be better understood through the use of bacterial cultures of mutant strains.
Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.
If you know two cultures and two languages, that intermediate place, where the two don't perfectly meet, is really interesting.
I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream culture without actually landing you in an institution.
You should always respect what you are and your culture because if your art is going to mean anything, that is where it comes from.
One needs solitude and quiet to think. The cacophony of modern culture is designed to make that impossible.
By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.
I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people without even realising.
Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents.
Any architectural project we do takes at least four or five years, so increasingly there is a discrepancy between the acceleration of culture and the continuing slowness of architecture.
Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are and will be doing quite well - all on their own, without handouts, affirmative action and other patronizing measures
Indian culture certainly gives the Indian mind, including the mind of the Indian scientist, the ability to think out of the box.
How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the world's main religions?
Fashion is not art. Fashion isnt even culture. Fashion is advertising, and advertising is money. And for every dollar you earn, someone has to pay.
I have strong sentiments toward Iran, since I distinguish between the Iranian regime and the Iranian people. I highly esteem Iranian music and culture.
Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.
Then there was the whole concept of coal mining, which is a culture unto itself, the most dangerous occupation in the world, and which draws and develops a certain kind of man.
Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.
The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go to performances to see how Gospel artists move compared to secular artists.
I went to the West and saw Islam, but no Muslims; I got back to the East and saw Muslims, but not Islam.
Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.
But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.
...let us continue to work together to develop and nurture in future generations a culture of human rights, to promote freedom, security and peace in all nations.
How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white.
The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture.
There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
For hundreds of years Iranians have been migrating to many parts of the world. They took Islamic culture to other parts of the world and established it there.
A culture of honor is celebrating who a person is without stumbling over who they're not.
Are the worst enemies of society those who attack it or those who do not even give themselves the trouble of defending it?
Our culture will become like it was during the medieval times when there truly was a cultural elite. The rest of the people will just watch television, which will be their only frame of reference.
Culture is everything. Culture is the way we dress, the way we carry our heads, the way we walk, the way we tie our ties - it is not only the fact of writing books or building houses.
What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.
Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster.
At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.
After-sales service is more important than assistance before sales. It is through such service that one gets permanent customers.
