Culture Quotes - page 97

In America there's lot of cool cities, but in Canada there's, like, well, Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax may be cool, but they're so expensive. Montreal is the only city that's affordable but also has buses and culture. (Grimes)
And it is this sense that some of us have to contribute to the culture, to the society in ways that may hurt financially, so what? We do it because we are born to do it, we feel we have no other choice and so be it. View quote
Gunther Schuller
There is something wrong with our culture when the view that marriage is between one man and one woman, a view shared by half the nation, is portrayed as evidence of hatred. View quote
Gary Bauer
All the culture war issues will be settled by the court. View quote
Gary Bauer
I'm concerned a little bit with the culture of celebrating the fundraise. My dad taught me that when you borrow money it's the worst day of your life. View quote
Gary Vaynerchuk
I really chess-play culture shifts. I'm really good at understanding what worldwide cell-phone use means. That's what I do. I try to picture it three to four to five steps ahead. View quote
Gary Vaynerchuk
I hate recording all the shows for the week in one day, because I want to be able to mention current events and pop culture. If Madonna punches Britney in the face today, I want to reference that on 'Wine Library TV' tomorrow. Monday's episode is always the best, because it's hot off the press. View quote
Gary Vaynerchuk
One effect of an individualistic culture that's poor at instilling mutual respect is that people jump more quickly to anger or violence. View quote
Geoff Mulgan
The really interesting moment will be when you have a critical mass of people engaging through the networks, more than through the press and TV. When that happens, the culture of politics has to change, moving away from controlled one-way messages towards a political culture that is more questioning. View quote
Geoff Mulgan
The only way to make something cheaply today is to have it mass-produced. For example, you wear the same shoes as everyone else. If you had a fabber, you could custom-make shoes that perfectly fit your feet. Three-dimensional printing will help us move away from the mass consumption that is so deeply ingrained in our culture. View quote
Hod Lipson
The significance of the cherry blossom tree in Japanese culture goes back hundreds of years. In their country, the cherry blossom represents the fragility and the beauty of life. It's a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful but that it is also tragically short. (Homaro Cantu)
Sweet treats are as much a part of our culture as they are our taste palettes, and it can sometimes seem as though sugary snacks are everywhere. View quote
Homaro Cantu
My job as artistic director at the Brighton digital agency Lighthouse is all about trying to show that digital culture is about more than just tools and gadgets - it's about perceiving the societal transformations being brought about by technology. View quote
Honor Harger
I grew up thinking of myself as an American but also, because of my parents and the Iranian culture that was in our home, as an Iranian. So if there's any such thing as dual loyalty, then I have it - at least culturally. View quote
Hooman Majd
One thing we didn't know in 1996 is that it's very, very difficult, if not impossible, to sustain a culture with online advertising. View quote
Howard Rheingold
When we began Starbucks, what I wanted to try to do was to create a set of values, guiding principles, and culture. View quote
Howard Schultz
I've traveled around the world, and what's so revealing is that, despite the differences in culture, politics, language, how people dress, there is a universal feeling that we all want the same thing. We deeply want to be respected and appreciated for our differences. View quote
Howard Schultz
The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal of our education system, or are we bold enough to see what's actually happening to our culture? View quote
Hugh Mackay
It's obvious that the rest of the world loves high African culture - African culture, period. View quote
Hugh Masekela
I just came from South Africa, a place that had been in a perpetual uprising since 1653, so the uprising had become a way of life in our culture and we grew up with rallies and strikes and marches and boycotts. View quote
Hugh Masekela
Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles. (Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa)
You cannot transpose the U.S. system on Turkey, and the Turkish system on France etc. You have to understand the people and their culture. That's leadership. View quote
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
I'm from Louisiana, and that's where I got my start, in Cajun music. There's a huge music scene down there centered around our culture. Those are people that are not making music for a living. They are making music for the fun of it. And I think that's the best way I could have been introduced to music. View quote
Hunter Hayes
Pop culture is like our subconscious. View quote
Hanna Rosin
Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces. View quote
Hanna Rosin