Culture Quotes - page 5

Artists are not cheerleaders, and we're not the heads of tourism boards. We expose and discuss what is problematic, what is contradictory, what is hurtful and what is silenced in the culture we're in. (Junot Diaz)
I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance. View quote
Bong Joon-ho
But the soul has no culture. The soul has no nations. The soul has no colour or accent or way of life. The soul is forever. The soul is one. And when the heart has its moment of truth and sorrow, the soul can't be stilled. View quote
Gregory David Roberts
I have always regarded global development as a struggle between the forces of good and evil. Not to be simplified as a struggle between Jesus and Satan, since I do not consider that the process is restricted to our own sphere of culture. View quote
Alva Myrdal
... for music alone can abolish differences of language or culture between two people and invoke something indestructible within them. View quote
Irene Nemirovsky
In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist society, the narcissist is God's gift to the collective. View quote
Christopher Lasch
My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led me to overlook the flaws of Western culture. View quote
Liu Xiaobo
The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in doing so wipes out the accompanying culture. View quote
Peter L. Berger
As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at the base not only of Western religion, but also of Western morals and Western social idealism. View quote
Christopher Dawson
It's a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more about Chinese culture. It has filtered into the mainstream. You see credit-card ads on TV with white couples and Chinese babies. View quote
Iris Chang
The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy. (Bob Schieffer)
Culture hides much more than it reveals, and strangely enough, what it hides, it hides most effectively from its own participants. View quote
Edward T. Hall
Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture. View quote
Arthur Erickson
Jazz, rock and roll, movies and comics are the culture of America. View quote
Bill Griffith
The Ancient Games are relatively obscure to most Olympians, but to understand just what the Games are about, it is really necessary to investigate the roots and the meaning that has transformed culture and society for so many years. View quote
Bill Toomey
Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn't need a man. I think that's wrong. I think we all need someone. View quote
Boris Kodjoe
Media corporations have a civic responsibility not only to prevent fraud and financial abuse, but also to not corrupt or degrade our culture. View quote
Charles W. Pickering
Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want. View quote
Clive Barnes
The idea of the peace movement and of people who spent their entire lives trying to have a more egalitarian, just society, suddenly became swamped by the record industry, by the new rock and roll culture, and by the idea of not trusting anyone over thirty. View quote
David Amram
It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements and rich culture of African-Americans. View quote
Eliot Engel
I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture. (Etta James)
One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in the historical and geographical senses to a degree unknown in the past. View quote
George Crumb
Although we love the idea of choice - our culture almost worships it - we seek refuge in the familiar and the comfortable. View quote
Hugh Mackay
Our culture is in moral chaos. On TV we celebrate freaks instead of honest, decent people. View quote
Kathie Lee Gifford
There are things in American culture that want to wipe the class distinction. Blue jeans. Ready-made clothes. Coca-Cola. View quote
Leslie Fiedler